The following is a list of prominent Palestinians. [edit] = Academic figures - Nadia Abu El Haj, anthropologist
- Sami Hadawi, land specialist and researcher
- Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
- Salman Abu Sitta
- Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, academic
- 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
- Laila Al-Marayati, gynecologist
- Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer
- Nur Masalha, academic, historian, editor
- Joseph Massad, academic
- al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
- Munir H Nayfeh, professor of physics and founding scientist of nanotechnology
- 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, mathematician
- Elias Sanbar, historian
- Anis Sayigh, historian
- Yezid Sayigh, historian
- Yusif Sayigh, economist
- Hashem El-Serag, doctor and medical researcher
- Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
- Qustandi Shomali, Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher
- Khalil Suleiman, medical doctor
- Wael Suleiman, medical doctor
- Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist
- Hasan Yahya, 2Ph.Ds,Philosopher, Professor of Sociology.
- Mohammad Abutayeh, Chemical Engineer
[edit] Cultural figures [edit] Writers - 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
[edit] Stage and screen - Mustafa Abu Ali, film director, founder of Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, 8 films
- 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
- George Dibie, cinematographer
- Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
- Maryse Gargour, film director
- 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, playwright, 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
- Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)
- Hisham Zreiq, film director, producer
- Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, film director
- Fu’ad Zentut, film director
- Osama Al-Zain, film director
- Ghassan Mattar, actor
- Bassam Kousa, actor
- Tariq El-Arian, director, producer
- Ahmad El-Arian, director, producer
[edit] Musicians - Wissam Joubran, composer and Oud player
- Abdelmonim Amayri, actor
- Ibrahim Azzam, singer
- Mona Azzam, singer/songwriter
- Jawad Al-Neel, singer
- Riad Bandak, composer
- Adnan Joubran, composer and Oud player
- Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
- El-Funoun, dance company
- Mohsen Subhi, composer, arranger, oud and buzuq player
- Ammar Hasan, singer
- Issa Boulos, composer, 'ud player, songwriter
- Majed Abu-Ajameyeh, Arranger, Oud and Qanoun Player
- Mohammad Jamal, singer
- Samir Joubran, oud Composer and Oud player
- Khaled Jubran, composer, buzuq and oud player خالد جبران
- Kamilya Jubran, singer and oud player
- 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
[edit] Visual artists - Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
- Wissam Joubran, Maestro Luthier
- 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
- Emily Jacir, painter and photographer, artist
- Hanna Jubran, sculptor
- Bissan Rafe Qasrawi, http://www.nohra-studio.com, painter and cartoonist
- Omayya Joha, cartoonist
- Khalil Rabah, artist
- Hanna Safieh, photographer
- Steve Sabella, http://www.jerusalem-in-exile.net photographer, artist
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, photographer, artist
- Ahlam Shibli, photographer
- Vera Tamari, ceramic artist
- Jafar Tukan, architect
- Sama Raena Alshaibi, artist
- Hisham Zreiq, artist
- Mahmoud NAJJAR, Graphic Designer http://www.Mahmoud.cc
- Samer Abdallah, Graphic Designer http://www.sa-graphics.com
[edit] 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 Waleeds Beats.
- Belly, Palestinian-Canadian rap hip-hop artist.
[edit] Business [edit] Political figures - 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
- Youssef Machi
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
[edit] 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 the West Bank)
- Isam Fuad Nazzal, elected mayor of Qabatiya (Jenin Governorate)
[edit] Politicians in Israel See Also: Arab members of the Knesset [edit] 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
[edit] Activists [edit] Religious figures [edit] 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
- Ibrahim Ayyad, member of legislative council and PLO
- Mitri Raheb, Lutheran minister and author
[edit] Sports [edit] References - ^ Palestinians and Their Society, 1880-1946Author:Sarah Graham-Brown
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