List of Palestinians

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.

Academic figures

Rami Abuhabsah
Nadia Abu El Haj, anthropologist
Sami Hadawi
Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
Salman Abu Sitta
Naseer Aruri
Kamil J. Asali, Historian
Abdul Karim Ayyoub, educator, linguist & poet.
Sameer Ayyoub
Kiran Banerjee, philosopher and scientist
Hanna Batatu, historian
Hanna Dahoud Saah, well-known attorney from Ramallah (died in Washington, DC in 2002)
Samih Farsoun, sociologist
Ismail al-Faruqi, philosopher and comparative religions professor
Leila Farsakh, Middle East, politics
Mujid S. Kazimi, nuclear physicist
Rashid Khalidi, historian
Walid Khalidi, historian
Hanania Michael Hanania,Supreme Court Judge
Salem Hanna Khamis, economic statistician
Marwan Kishek, Ph.D.,P.E., P.Eng., Structural Engineering
Rami Kishek, Ph.D., scientist
Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer
Joseph Massad, academic
al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
Mazin Qumsiyeh, geneticist
Mohieldin Quttainah, academic
Mohamed Rabie, academic
John Adib Saah, Aerospace Engineer (NASA and USAF)
Edward Said, The Great Literary critic, Philosopher, Historian, Intellectual, and Palestinian Nationalist
Rosemarie Said Zahlan, historian
Ahmed Saidan, mathmetician
Elias Sanbar, historian
Anis Sayigh, historian
Yezid Sayigh, historian
Yusif Sayigh, economist
Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
Qustandi Shomali, Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher
Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist

Moeen Zahdan, Accountancy

Cultural figures

Writers

Abu Salma, poet
Ali Abunimah, author, journalist
Ridyan Ayyad , logic journalist, ethics author
Moen Besiso , poet
Hasan Karmi, linguist and author
Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
Mourid Barghouti, poet
Khalil Beidas, author
Razanne Carmey, playwright
Mahmoud Darwish, poet
Emile Habibi, author
Suheir Hammad, poet
Nathalie Handal, poet, editor
Nadia Hijab, author, journalist
Remi Kanazi, poet
Ghassan Kanafani, author
Ghada Karmi, author
Widad Kawar, author and collector
Sahar Khalifa, novelist
Daoud Kuttab, journalist,author
Sabri Jiryis, author
Taha Muhammad Ali, poet
Kamal Nasser, poet, activist
Samih al-Qasim, poet
Raji Sahyoun, broadcaster, writer
Khalil al-Sakakini, author
Abu Salma, poet
Azeez Shaheen, author
Serene Husseini Shahid, author
Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
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
Nadia Shabana, academic
Serene Husseini Shahid - philanthropist, researcher and collector of Palestinian costumes
May Ziade, author
Siham Ardah, Poet and writer

Stage and screen

Muhammad Bakri, film director
Hany Abu-Assad, film director
Mai Masri, film director
Razanne Carmey, playwright, theatre director
Jamal Dajani, television producer
Rashid Masharawi, film director
Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, film director
Fu’ad Zentut, film director
Osama Al-Zain, film director
Isma’il Shamout, painter
Rosalind Nashashibi, film director
Izidore Musallam, film director
Hanna Musleh, film director
Mahmoud Al-Massad, film director
Najawa Najjar, film director
Omar Al-Qattan, film director
Azza Hasan, film director
Annemarie Jacir, film director, writer
Jacqueline Salloum, film director
Leila Sansour, film director
Hazim Bitar, film director
Maryse Gargour, film director
Annmarie Jacir, film director
Emily Jacir, film director
Hasan, Nizar, film director
Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
Nadine Salameh, actress (Ru’aa Halima or Vision of a Dreamer)
Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)
Ammar Quttaineh, film director
Nisreen Tafesh, actress (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Rabiye Qortoba)
Rami Hanna, actor (Altaghreba Alfalasinia, Ahlam Kabira)
Hassan Awayti, actor (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Ashtar and many others...)
Aron Kader, comedian
Sasha Abunnadi, pageant
Riad Masarweh, playwriter, theatre director
Atallah Mansour,Journalist and writer who wrote political and historical books i n Arabic,Hebrew and English

Musicians

Jawad Al-Neel, singer
Riad Bandak, composer,
Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
El-Funoun, dance company
Ammar Hasan, singer
Ibrahim Azzam Ibellini, singer
Mona Azzam Ibellini, singer/songwriter
Mohammad Jamal, singer
Samir Joubran, oud player
Khaled Jubran, Composer, Buzuq and Oud player خالد جبران
Kamilya Jubran, singer and oud player
Shafiq Kabha, singer,
Reem Kelani, singer
Ismail Khader, singer
Ibrahim Khalifeh, singer and composer
Ahmad Madaneyyah, singer
Sabri Mahmoud, singer
Amal Murkus, singer
Ribhi Rabah, singer
Salim Sahab, orchestra conductor and composer
Adel Salameh, oud player, composer
Rawhi Shaheen, composer
Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer
Tariq Shadid, singer/songwriter, composer
Abdelmonim Amayri, actor
Adnan Shehab, singer
Mohammad Wahib, singer
Faisal Abu Ghaben, Musician
Daniel Barenboim, Pianist and Conductor

Visual artists

Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
Waleed Ayyoub, plastic & portrait painter and interior design engineer
Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan, artist
Imad Hajjaj, cartoonist
Mustafa Al-Hallaj, artist
Mona Hatoum, sculptor
Hanna Jubran,sculptor
Omayya Joha, cartoonist
Khalil Rabah, artist
Hanna Safieh, photographer
Sama Raena Alshaibi, photographer, artist
Ahlam Shibli, photographer
Vera Tamari, ceramic artist
Jafar Tukan, architect
Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist

Steve Sabella http://www.jerusalem-in-exile.net Photographer, Artist

Alternative contemporary artists

Silverdegree, Palestinian Christian hip-hop group [1]
DAM, Palestinian hip-hop group [2]
Fredwreck, Palestinian-American West Coast rap producer
DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop DJ
Arabesque, Palestinian-Canadian hip-hop artist
Sameh Zakout, hip-hop artist
Faisal Abu Ghaben, electronic music artist
Tamer Nafar, hip hop artist
Noose of Struggle Music, Palestinian Hip-Hop Artist and Producer and CEO of Stuggle Music
Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, St. Louis Based Grammy Nominated Hip Hop Producer, Co-founder of Basement Beats, and Produced hits for Nelly and the St. Lunatics.
Niz-r, rapper
Jaffa Phonix, Band
Patriarch, Palestinian-American rapper from California, originally from Lod (Batshon family)

Business

Mohammed Nuseibeh - Prominent Businessman
Abdul Hameed Shoman, Arab Bank
Mansur Barbari, Barbari Group Inc.
Yousef Beidas, Intra Bank
Munib al-Masri, PADICO [3]
Hasib Sabbagh, Consolidated Contractors International Company
Naim Attallah, Asprey, Quartet Publishing
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Sabih al-Masri

Ala Abuhajeb

Political figures

Fatah

Mahmoud Abbas, Current President of the Palestinian National Authority
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
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

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

PFLP

Other

Haidar Abdel-Shafi, independent, head of Palestinian delegation to Madrid Peace Conference of 1991
Abu Abbas, PLF
Hanan Ashrawi, Third Way
Nayef Hawatmeh, DFLP
Ahmed Jibril, PFLP-GC
Yousef Al-Khalidi, Ottoman era
Abu Nidal, Abu Nidal Organization
Afif Safieh, Palestine's Ambassador to the United States
Samir Hleileh, Chief of the PA Cabinet, 2005
Musa Alami
Fahmi al-Abboushi, appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935
Nimr al-Khatib, political leader, Haifa
Awni Abd al-Hadi, Palestinian political figure
Janet Mikhail, mayor of Ramallah
Omar Hammayil, mayor of Al-Bireh
Bassam Shaka, former mayor of Nablus,
Ghassan Shakaa, former mayor of Nablus,
Ahmad Shukairy, PLO founder,
Hussein Al-Araj, former mayor of Nablus

Politicians in Israel

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
Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
Pierre de Bané, Canadian
Naser Khader, member of the Parliament of Denmark
Ziyadeh Zahdan, political advisor for the Clinton Administration
Joe Hockey, Australian cabinet minister

Activists

Rajeh Adnan Saadeh, Solidarity Advocate & Activist
Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of ISM
Mubarak Awad, advocate of nonviolent resistance
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Islamist scholar & activist
Mustafa Barghouti, human rights activist
Bulus Farah, trade unionist
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, nationalist leader
Rauda Morcos, LGBTQ activist and co-founder of ASWAT

Religious figures

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
Faik Haddad, first Palestinian 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
Sonny Bandak, human rights activist

Islam

Mujir al-Din al-Hanbali al-Quttainah, Hanbali Judge of Jerusalem
Amin al-Husayni, former Mufti of Jerusalem
Ibn Qudamah, Hanbali jurist
Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, current Mufti of Jerusalem
Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi`i, borne 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

Sports

Munir Abu Kishek, lightweight boxer (Asian Games bronze medalist)
Nizar Taleb, full contact kickboxer (World Championships WKA gold medalist)
CD Palestino - "Club Deportivo Palestino" Famous soccer team in Santiago, Chile.

Other

Muhammad al-Durrah - 12-year old boy shot on the second day of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Fatma Omar An-Najar - 64-year old grandmother and oldest Palestinian suicide bomber
Faris Odeh - teenage boy shot while throwing stones
Sirhan Sirhan - assassin of Robert Kennedy
Abu Anas al-Shami - second-in-command for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad group in Iraq

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