List of Palestinians
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The following is a list of prominent Palestinians, both from Palestine and from the Palestinian diaspora.
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Academic figures
- Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
- Salman Abu Sitta, academic
- Naseer Aruri, academic
- Samih Farsoun, sociologist
- Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, philosopher and student of religion
- Mujid S. Kazimi, nuclear physicist
- Rashid Khalidi, historian
- Walid Khalidi, historian
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer (Palestinian mother)
- al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
- Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
- Mazin Qumsiyeh, geneticist
- Edward Said, literary critic
- Elias Sanbar, historian
- Anis Sayigh, historian
- Yezid Sayigh, historian
- Yusif Sayigh, economist
- Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
- Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist
Cultural figures
Writers
- Mahmoud Darwish, poet
- Emile Habibi, author
- Nathalie Handal, poet, editor
- Ghassan Kanafani, author
- Ghada Karmi, author
- Sahar Khalifa, novelist
- Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
- Khalil al-Sakakini, author
- Saleem, playwright & actor
- Abu Salma, poet
- Fadwa Tuqan, poet
- Ibrahim Tuqan, poet
Stage and screen
- Hany Abu-Assad, film director
- Mohammed Bakri, actor
- Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
- Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
- Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
- Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)
Musicians
- El-Funoun, dance company
- Samir Joubran, oud player
- Kamilya Jubran, singer
- Reem Kelani, singer
- Amal Murkus, singer
- Adel Salameh, oud player, composer
- Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer
Visual artists
- Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
- Mona Hatoum, sculptor
- Omayya Joha, cartoonist
- Khalil Rabah, artist
- Hanna Safieh, photographer
- Ahlam Shibli, photographer
- Vera Tamari, ceramic artist
- Jafar Tukan, architect
Political figures
Politicians
PLO
- Mahmoud Abbas
- Nabil Amr
- Suha Arafat
- Yassir Arafat
- Hanan Ashrawi
- Hakam Balawi
- Marwan Barghouti
- Mohammed Dahlan
- Saeb Erekat
- Faisal Husseini
- Ahmed Qurei
- Nabil Shaath
Hamas
Other
- Abu Abbas, PLF
- George Habash, PFLP
- Nayef Hawatmeh, DFLP
- Ahmed Jibril, PFLP-GC
- Yousef Al-Khalidi, Ottoman era
- Abu Ali Mustafa, PFLP
- Abu Nidal, Abu Nidal Organization
- Ahmed Saadat, PFLP
Foreign
- Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan (Palestinian parents)
- Antonio Saca, president of El Salvador
Activists
- Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of ISM
- Mubarak Awad, advocate of nonviolent resistance
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Islamist scholar & activist
- Mustafa Barghouti, human rights activist
- Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, nationalist leader
- Sirhan Sirhan, assassin of Robert Kennedy
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
- Ibn Qudamah, Hanbali jurist
- Ikrimeh Sabri, current Mufti of Jerusalem
Miscellaneous
- Munir Abu Kishek, lightweight boxer (Asian Games bronze medalist)
See also
External links
- Palestine Facts: Personalities (http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/personalities/0_personalities.htm)
- Palestinian Artists (http://www.jmcc.org/palculture/artist.htm)