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The following is a list of prominent Palestinians.
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Academic figures
- Rami Abuhabsah, Biologist
- Nadia Abu El Haj, anthropologist
- Sami Hadawi, land specialist and researcher
- Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
- Salman Abu Sitta
- Naseer Aruri, academic
- Kamil J. Asali, Historian
- Abdul Karim Ayyoub, educator, linguist & poet.
- Sameer Ayyoub, academic, Ph.D., MSc. Eng.
- 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
- Nur Masalha, academic, historian, editor
- Joseph Massad, academic
- al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
- Bashar Nuseibeh, academic, computer scientists
- Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
- Mazin Qumsiyeh, geneticist
- Mohieldin Quttainah, academic
- Mohamed Rabie, academic
- John Adib Saah, Aerospace Engineer (NASA and USAF)
- Edward Said, Professor of comparative literature, 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
- Walter Gomes, Economics
Cultural figures
Writers
- Ali Abunimah, author, journalist
- Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
- Siham Ardah, Poet and writer
- Ridyan Ayyad, logic journalist, ethics author
- Moen Besiso, poet
- 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
- Sabri Jiryis, author
- Remi Kanazi, poet
- 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
- Abu Salma, poet
- Raji Sahyoun, broadcaster, writer
- Khalil al-Sakakini, author
- Abu Salma, poet
- Azeez Shaheen, author
- Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
- Nadia Shabana, academic
- 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
- Hany Abu-Assad, film director
- Sasha Abunnadi, pageant
- Fouad Awad, prominent theatre director
- Hassan Awayti, actor (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Ashtar and many others...)
- Baha Swidan, Clown (clowns without borders)
- Muhammad Bakri, film director
- Hazim Bitar, film director
- Razanne Carmey, playwright, theatre director
- Jamal Dajani, television producer
- Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
- Maryse Gargour, film director
- Azza Hasan, film director
- Nizar Hasan, film director
- Rami Hanna, actor (Altaghreba Alfalasinia, Ahlam Kabira)
- Annemarie Jacir, film director, writer
- Emily Jacir, film director
- Aron Kader, comedian
- Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
- Rashid Masharawi, film director
- Mahmoud Al-Massad, film director
- Mai Masri, film director
- Riad Masarweh, playwriter, theatre director
- Atallah Mansour, Journalist and writer who wrote political and historical books in Arabic,Hebrew and English
- Izidore Musallam, film director
- Hanna Musleh, film director
- Najawa Najjar, film director
- Rosalind Nashashibi, film director
- Omar Al-Qattan, film director
- Ammar Quttaineh, film director
- Nadine Salameh, actress (Ru’aa Halima or Vision of a Dreamer)
- Jacqueline Salloum, film director
- Leila Sansour, film director
- Isma’il Shamout, painter
- Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
- Nisreen Tafesh, actress (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Rabiye Qortoba)
- Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)
- Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, film director
- Fu’ad Zentut, film director
- Osama Al-Zain, film director
Musicians
- Abdelmonim Amayri, actor
- Ibrahim Azzam, singer
- Mona Azzam, singer/songwriter
- Jawad Al-Neel, singer
- Riad Bandak, composer,
- Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
- El-Funoun, dance company
- Faisal Abu Ghaben, Musician
- Ammar Hasan, singer
- 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
- Basem Mohamad, 18th century musician
- 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
- Adnan Shehab, singer
- Massiv, rapper
- Habib Hassan Touma, composer
- Mohammad Wahib, singer
- Ahmed EL-khatib, actor
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
- Hasan Hourani, painter
- 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
- Hisham Zreiq, 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
- Sameh Zakout, hip-hop artist
- Tamer Nafar, hip hop artist
- 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
- Waleed Hamed, Palestinian-American music producer and founder of the still in development of Waleeds Beats.
- Belly, Palestinian-Canadian rap hip-hop artist.
Business
- Mohammed Nusseibeh - 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
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, 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
- Mahmoud al-Khatib, educator, one of Fatah founders, Head of Western Apparatus in Department of Occupied Homeland Affairs
- Ahmed Qurei, former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
- Ali Hassan Salameh
- Nabil Shaath, former Foreign Affairs Minister
- John Sununu, former Chief of Staff Pres. George H. Bush Administration
- John 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
- Imad Khaled
- 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
- 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 United States
- Samir Hleileh, Chief of the PA Cabinet, 2005
- 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
- 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
- Kareem Khalaf, mayor of Ramallah. 1978
- Saleh Arif Azzouqa, elected mayor of jenin from 1959 to 1963 1 (during the jordanian rule of west bank)
- Isam Fuad Nazzal, elected mayor of Qabatiya (Jenin Governorate)
Politicians in Israel
See Also: Arab members of the Knesset
- Azmi Bishara - former member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
- Jamal Zahalka - member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
- Wasil Taha - member of Israeli Knesset, from the Balad party
- Hana Sweid- member of Israeli Knesset with Hadash and mayor of Eilabun
- Tawfiq Ziad - poet, mayor of Nazareth and 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
- Ahmed Tibi - member of Israeli Knesset from the Ta'al party
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
- Carlos Robertor Flores Facussé,Former President of Honduras
Activists
- 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
- Rima Anabtawi Co-founder Al-Awda
- Elias Davidsson, founder of the Iceland-Palestine organization and a human rights activist
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
- Musa Abuali, Independent Baptist Church in the Holy Land
- Michel Sabah, current Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Munib Younan, Lutheran bishop
- Rifat Odeh Kassis, human rights and community 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, 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
- Munir Abu Kishek, lightweight boxer (Asian Games bronze medalist)
- Nizar Taleb, full contact kickboxer (World Championships WKA gold medalist)
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
References
- ^ Palestinians and Their Society, 1880-1946Author:Sarah Graham-Brown