List of Palestinians Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.

Table of contents

1 Cultural Figures 1.1 Writers 1.2 Stage & Screen 1.3 Musicians 1.4 Visual Artists 2 Political Figures 2.5 Politicians 2.5.1 PLO 2.5.2 Hamas 2.5.3 Other 2.6 Misc Activists 3 Religious Figures 3.7 Christianity 3.8 Islam 4 Academic Figures 5 See also 6 External links

Cultural Figures

Writers

• Mahmoud Darwish, poet
• Emile Habibi, author
• Ghassan Kanafani, author
• Ghada Karmi, author
• Sahar Khalifa, novelist
• Edward Said, literary critic
• Khalil al-Sakakini, author
• Abu Salma, poet
• Fadwa Tuqan, poet

Stage & Screen

• Hany Abu-Assad, film director
• Mohammed Bakri, actor
• Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
• Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
• Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)

Musicians

• Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer

Visual Artists

• Naji al-Ali (1936-1987), cartoonist
• Mona Hatoum, sculptor
• Omayya Joha, cartoonist

Political Figures

Politicians

PLO

• Mahmoud Abbas
• Nabil Amr
• Yassir Arafat
• Hanan Ashrawi
• Hakam Balawi
• Marwan Barghouti
• Mohammed Dahlan
• Saeb Erekat
• Faisal Husseini
• Ahmed Qurei
• Nabil Shaath

Hamas

• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
• Khaled Mashal
• Ahmed Yassin

Other

• Abu Abbas, PLF
• George Habash, PFLP
• Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP
• Abu Nidal, Abu Nidal Organization

Misc Activists

• Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of ISM
• Mubarak Awad, advocate of nonviolent resistance
• Mustafa Barghouti, human rights activist
• Sirhan Sirhan, assassin
• Walid Shoebat, ex-PLO terrorist turned Zionist

Religious Figures

Christianity

• Riah Abu Assal, current Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem
• Elias Chacour, Melkite Catholic priest
• Michel Sabah, current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Munib Younan, Lutheran bishop

Islam

• Amin al-Husayni, former Mufti of Jerusalem
• Ikrimeh Sabri, current Mufti of Jerusalem

Academic Figures

• Hisham Sharabi, professor of Arab Culture at Georgetown University
• Ahmed Teebi, head of the Middle East Genetic Association

See also

• Palestine; Palestinian; Palestinian music
• List of people by nationality

External links

• Palestine Facts: Personalities
• Palestinian Artists

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