List of Palestinians

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.

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

Cultural figures

Writers

Ali Abunimah, author, journalist
Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
Mourid Barghouti, poet
Khalil Beidas, author
Mahmoud Darwish, poet
Emile Habibi, author
Suheir Hammad, poet
Nathalie Handal, poet, editor
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

Stage and screen

Fouad Awad, prominent theatre director
Mustafa Abu Ali, film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, 8 films
Hany Abu-Assad, film director
Sasha Abunnadi, pageant
Muhammad Bakri, film director
Jamal Dajani, television producer
Annemarie Jacir, film director, writer
Emily Jacir, film director
Aron Kader, comedian
Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
Rashid Masharawi, film director
Mai Masri, film director
Izidore Musallam, film director
Rosalind Nashashibi, film director
Omar Al-Qattan, film director
Nadine Salameh, actress (Ru’aa Halima or Vision of a Dreamer)
Leila Sansour, film director
Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
Hisham Zreiq, film director, producer
Osama Al-Zain, film director
Bassam Kousa, actor
Hiam Abbas, actress

Musicians

Wissam Joubran, composer and Oud player
Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
Mohsen Subhi, composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player
Ammar Hasan, singer
Reem Kelani, singer
Basem Mohamad, 18th century musician
Amal Murkus, singer
Mo Pacino, Underground Hip Hop Artist
DJ Khaled
Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer
Massiv, rapper
Habib Hassan Touma, composer
Wally Yaghnam, hip-hop producer
Arabesque, rapper
Fred Wreck, hip-hop producer
Belly, rapper
Shaheed, local rapper New Orleans
Ibrahim aka Voice, local rapper St. Louis
Noose, rapper
Patriarch, rapper
Arabian Knight, rapper
Bird, rapper
Gaza, rapper
Sons of Hagar, hip-hop group
Iron Sheik, rapper
Ragtop, rapper
Tamer Nafar, rapper of DAM fame
boicutt, rapper
stormtrapp, rapper
aswat, rapper
Abeer Zinatti, r&b singer
Mahmoud Shalabi, rapper
Mahmoud Jreri, rapper
B-Dub, rapper
Muhammad Al-Farah aka DR, rapper
Saz, rapper
Mezo, rapper
Bond, rapper
D.O.N., rapper
Ref-UG, hip-hop producer
Shadia Mansour, singer
Suleiman Hodali, Los Angeles Intifada

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
Hanna Safieh, photographer
Sama Raena Alshaibi, photographer, artist
Ahlam Shibli, photographer
Jafar Tukan, architect
Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
Hisham Zreiq, artist

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
Niz-r, rapper
Jaffa Phonix, band
Belly, Palestinian-Canadian rap hip-hop artist.

Business

Abdul Hameed Shoman, Arab Bank
Yousef Beidas, Intra Bank
Munib al-Masri, PADICO [2]
Hasib Sabbagh, Consolidated Contractors International Company
Naim Attallah, Asprey, Quartet Publishing
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Political figures

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
John H. Sununu, former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration
John E. Sununu, Senator New Hampshire
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

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

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

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
Janet Mikhail, mayor of Ramallah
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

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
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

Activists

Tayseer Arouri, a catalyst of the Palestinian Grass-Root movement of the 1980s. Chairman of the JLAC - Jerusalem Legal Aid Center. Chairman of the board of the PCPD - Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy. Chairman of the committee for street naming and numbering, Ramallah. Member of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Negotiations.
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

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
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

Islam

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, 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

Sports

Omar Sheika, Professional Boxer
Salim Tuama, soccer player

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

References

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