List of Palestinians
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The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.
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[edit] Academic figures
- Sami Hadawi, land specialist and researcher
- Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
- Lila Abu Lughod, professor, anthropology, women and gender studies
- Salman Abu Sitta
- Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, academic
- Naseer Aruri, academic
- Hanna Batatu, historian
- Samih Farsoun, sociologist
- Ismail al-Faruqi, philosopher and comparative religions professor
- Leila Farsakh, Middle East, politics
- Rashid Khalidi, historian
- Walid Khalidi, historian
- Salem Hanna Khamis, economic statistician
- Laila Al-Marayati, gynecologist
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer
- Nur Masalha, academic, historian, editor
- Joseph Massad, academic
- al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
- Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
- Edward Said, professor of comparative literature, intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist
- Nadia Abu El Haj, Professor, Anthropologist
- Rosemarie Said Zahlan, historian
- Anis Sayigh, historian
- Yezid Sayigh, historian
- Hashem El-Serag, doctor and medical researcher
- Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
- Qustandi Shomali, Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher
- Khalil Suleiman, medical doctor
- Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist
[edit] Cultural figures
[edit] Writers
- Ali Abunimah, author, journalist
- Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
- Mourid Barghouti, poet
- Khalil Beidas, author
- Jamal Dajani, author, journalist, producer
- Mahmoud Darwish, poet
- Emile Habibi, author
- Suheir Hammad, poet
- Nadia Hijab, author, journalist
- Sabri Jiryis, author
- Ghassan Kanafani, author
- Hasan Karmi, linguist and author
- Ghada Karmi, author
- Widad Kawar, author and collector
- Sahar Khalifa, novelist
- Daoud Kuttab, journalist, author
- Taha Muhammad Ali, poet
- Nur Masalha, author, editor
- Kamal Nasser, poet, activist
- Mohammed Omer, journalist
- Samih al-Qasim, poet
- Nahid al-Rayyis, poet
- Abu Salma, poet
- Khalil al-Sakakini, author
- Abu Salma, poet
- Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
- Serene Husseini Shahid, author, philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes
- Fadwa Toukan, poet
- Ibrahim Touqan, poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq
- Samir El Youssef, writer and critic
- Tawfiq Ziad, poet
- May Ziade, author
[edit] Stage and screen
- Mustafa Abu Ali, film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, eight films
- Hany Abu-Assad, film director
- Muhammad Bakri, film director
- Cherien Dabis, film director, writer
- Annemarie Jacir, film director, writer
- Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
- Clara Khoury, actress
- Makram Khoury, actor, first Arab to win (Israel Prize - 1987)
- Rashid Masharawi, film director
- Mai Masri, film director
- Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
- Hiam Abbas, actress
[edit] Musicians
- Belly, Rapper
- Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
- Ammar Hasan, singer
- Wissam Joubran, composer and Oud player
- Reem Kelani, singer
- Shadia Mansour, singer
- Basem Mohamad, 18th century musician
- Amal Murkus, singer
- Mohsen Subhi, composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player
- DJ Khaled, hip-hop producer, radio personality, and DJ
- Simon Shaheen, oud and violin virtuoso, composer
- Massiv, rapper
- Moloch, guitarist of the heavy metal band MELECHESH
- Habib Hassan Touma, composer
- Fred Wreck, hip-hop producer
- Tamer Nafar, rapper of DAM fame
- Saz, rapper
- Laila Bagge Wahlgren, manager and songwriter
- Tarééc, German singer
- DAM, Palestinian rap group
[edit] Visual artists
- Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
- Wissam Joubran, Maestro Luthier
- Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan, artist
- Mustafa Al-Hallaj, artist
- Mona Hatoum, sculptor
- Hasan Hourani, painter
- Emily Jacir, painter and photographer, artist
- Hanna Jubran, sculptor
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, photographer, artist
- Ahlam Shibli, photographer
- Jafar Tukan, architect
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
- Hisham Zreiq, artist
[edit] Designers
- Rami Kashou, fashion designer
[edit] Alternative contemporary artists
- DAM, Palestinian hip-hop group [1]
- Fredwreck, Palestinian-American West Coast rap producer
- DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop DJ
- Sameh Zakout, hip-hop artist
- Tamer Nafar, hip-hop artist
- Jaffa Phonix, band
- Belly, Palestinian-Canadian rap hip-hop artist.
- Zaman, Palestinian folk and flamenco band from Acre
[edit] Business
- Yousef Beidas, Intra Bank
- Munib al-Masri, PADICO[2]
- Hasib Sabbagh, Consolidated Contractors International Company
- Naim Attallah, Asprey, Quartet Publishing
- Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
- Sam Bahour
[edit] Political and militant figures
[edit] Palestinian Communist Party
[edit] Fatah
- Nabil Amr, presidential aide and negotiator
- Yasser Arafat, First President of the PNA
- Hakam Balawi, former ambassador of PLO to Tunisia and Algeria
- Marwan Barghouti, founder of Tanzim and senior Fatah opposition figure
- Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Preventive Security Service in Gaza
- Saeb Erekat, presidential aide and senior negotiator
- Qadura Fares, PNA minister and aide of Barghouti
- Rawhi Fattuh, former interim President of the PNA
- Faisal Husseini, former head of Jerusalem affairs
- Farouk Kaddoumi, head of Fatah
- Salah Khalaf, former top aide of Arafat
- Ahmad al-Khatib
- Ahmed Qurei, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
- Ali Hassan Salameh
- Nabil Shaath, former Foreign Affairs Minister
- Khalil al-Wazir, former PLO military leader and top aide of Arafat
- Dalal Mughrabi, militant mass murderer, killed during the Coastal Road massacre
[edit] Hamas
- Muhammad Abu Tir
- Mohammad Barghouti
- Mohammed Deif - Leader of Hamas' military wing
- Ismail Haniyeh
- Ahmed al-Ja'abari
- Wasfi Kabha - Prisoners' Affairs Minister
- Khaled Meshaal - Secretary-General of Hamas
- Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, founder and former Secretary-General of Hamas
- Ahmed Yassin, founder and spiritual leader
- Mahmoud al-Zahar, former Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Hamas foreign minister
- Hadem Rida, mayor of Jenin
- Salah Shehade, leader of military wing of the Hamas organization
- Yahya Ayyash, chief bombmaker planner of the Hadera bus station suicide bombing
- Saeed Hotari, suicide bomber of the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing
[edit] PFLP
- Bassam Abu Sharif, former spokesperson of PFLP and PLO
- George Habash, founder and former Secretary-General of PFLP
- Abu Ali Mustafa, former Secretary-General of PFLP
- Leila Khaled, former PFLP militant and activist
- Ahmed Saadat, current Secretary-General of PFLP
- Riyad al-Malki, current Foreign Affairs Minister of PNA
- Wadie Haddad, former PFLP militant and founder
- Samir Kuntar, child murderer militant captured during the 1979 Nahariya attack
[edit] Al-Qaeda
- Abu Qatada, al-Qaeda muslim religious preacher and militant
- Abu Muthana, spokesman for the Palestinian Army of Islam
[edit] Other
- Haidar Abdel-Shafi, independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991
- Salah Abdel-Shafi, independent, economist, Palestinian Ambassador to Sweden
- Abu Abbas, PLF
- Hanan Ashrawi, Third Way
- Hasan Tahboub, former Head of the Supreme Islamic Council
- Nayef Hawatmeh, DFLP
- Ahmed Jibril, PFLP-GC
- Yousef Al-Khalidi, Ottoman era
- Abu Nidal, Abu Nidal Organization
- Afif Safieh, Palestine's Ambassador to the Russian Federation
- Musa Alami
- Nimr al-Khatib, political leader, Haifa
- Awni Abd al-Hadi, Palestinian political figure
- Ahmad Shukairy, PLO founder
[edit] Mayors
- Fahmi al-Abboushi, appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935
- Hussein Al-Araj, former mayor of Nablus
- Ramiz Jaraisy, Mayor of Nazareth
- Omar Hammayil, mayor of al-Bireh
- Mohammed Milhim, former mayor of Halhul
- Hadem Rida, mayor of Jenin
- Bassam Shaka, former mayor of Nablus,
- Ghassan Shakaa, former mayor of Nablus,
- Adly Yaish, mayor of Nablus
- Adel Zawati,Former mayor of Jenine, Nablus, Hebron, Ruler of Yafa, Ramleh
[edit] Politicians in Israel
See Also: Arab members of the Knesset
- Ahmad Tibi - member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party,former political advisor to Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.
- Azmi Bishara - former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
- Jamal Zahalka - member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
- Hana Sweid- member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun
- Tawfiq Ziad - a poet, a former mayor of Nazareth and a former Hadash member of Israeli Knesset
- Ibrahim Sarsur, Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party
- Taleb el-Sana, Kneseet member Israel from the United Arab List party
- Mohammad Barakeh, member of Israeli Knesset, from Hadash party
- Haneen Zoabi, First Palestinian woman elected to the Knesset on an Arab party
[edit] Foreign
- Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II
- Alia al Hussein, late Queen of Jordan, 3rd wife of King Hussein
- Antonio Saca, president of El Salvador
- Shafik Handal, El Salvador politician
- Carlos Flores Facussé, president of Honduras
- Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
- Pierre de Bané, Canadian
- Naser Khader, member of the Parliament of Denmark
- Joe Hockey, Australian cabinet minister
- John H. Sununu, former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration
- John E. Sununu, Senator New Hampshire
[edit] Activists
- Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of ISM
- Mubarak Awad, advocate of nonviolent resistance
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Islamist scholar & activist
- Bulus Farah, trade unionist
- Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, nationalist leader
[edit] Religious figures
[edit] Christianity
- Archbishop Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia, current Archbishop of Sebastia for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Riah Abu Assal, current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
- Naim Ateek, founder of Sabeel
- Elias Chacour, Archbishop of Galilee, of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Michel Sabah, current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Munib Younan, Lutheran bishop
- Rifat Odeh Kassis, human rights and community activist
- Mitri Raheb, Lutheran minister and author
- Benny Hinn, evangelical preacher
- Anis Shorrosh, Evangelical preacher and debater
[edit] Islam
- Amin al-Husayni, former Mufti of Jerusalem ally of Hitler and Mussolini
- Ibn Qudamah, Hanbali jurist
- Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, current Mufti of Jerusalem
- Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i, founder of the Shafi fiqh of Sunni Islam; born in Gaza
- Ahmad Abu Laban, Imam in Denmark
- Raed Salah, leader of the Northern branch of the Islamic Movement
- Sheikh Taissir Tamimi, Head of Islamic court in Palestinian territories
[edit] Sports
- Omar Sheika, Professional Boxer
- Salim Tuama, soccer player
- Ramsey Nijem, MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos runner up
- Walid Badir, soccer player, captain of Israeli team, Hapoel Tel Aviv
[edit] Other
- Muhammad al-Durrah - 12-year old boy shot under disputed circumstances.
- Fatma Omar An-Najar - 64-year old grandmother and oldest Palestinian suicide bomber
- Faris Odeh - teenage boy shot while throwing stones
- Rana Raslan - 1999 Miss Israel contest winner
