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The following is a list of prominent Palestinians, both from Palestine and from the Palestinian diaspora.

Contents 1 Academic figures 2 Cultural figures 2.1 Writers 2.2 Stage and screen 2.3 Musicians 2.4 Visual artists 2.5 Alternative contemporary artists 3 Business 4 Political figures 4.1 Fatah 4.2 Hamas 4.3 PFLP 4.4 Other 4.5 Foreign 4.6 Activists 5 Religious figures 5.1 Christianity 5.2 Islam 6 Sports 7 Other 8 See also 9 External links

• Ahmad Teebi, geneticist and dysmorphologist
• Ibrahim Abu Lughod, sociologist
• Salman Abu Sitta, academic
• Naseer Aruri, academic
• Hatem Bazian, academic
• Hanna Batatu, historian
• Samih Farsoun, sociologist
• Ismail al-Faruqi, philosopher and comparative religions professor
• Mujid S. Kazimi, nuclear physicist
• Rashid Khalidi, historian
• Walid Khalidi, historian
• Marwan Kishek, Ph.D.,P.E., P.Eng., Structural Engineering
• Rami Kishek, Ph.D., Scientist
• Khaled Mardam-Bey, programmer (Palestinian mother)
• al-Muqaddasi, medieval geographer
• Sari Nusseibeh, philosopher, diplomat
• Mazin Qumsiyeh, geneticist
• Mohieldin Quttainah, academic
• Mohamed Rabie, academic
• Edward Said, literary critic
• Rosemarie Said Zahlan, historian
• Elias Sanbar, historian
• Kiran Banerjee, philosopher and scientist
• Anis Sayigh, historian
• Yezid Sayigh, historian
• Yusif Sayigh, economist
• Hisham Sharabi, intellectual
• Joseph Massad, academic
• Ahmad Al-Khatib, General
• Qustandi Shomali, Professor, Historian, Critic, Researcher
• Rami Abuhabsah, Academics,Researcher

• Hasan Karmi, liguist and author
• Said K. Aburish, author, journalist
• Mourid Barghouti, poet
• Khalil Beidas, author
• Razanne Carmey, playwright
• Mahmoud Darwish, poet
• Emile Habibi, author
• Suheir Hammad, poet
• Nathalie Handal, poet, editor
• Remi Kanazi, poet
• Ghassan Kanafani, author
• Ghada Karmi, author
• Widad Kawar, author and collector
• Sahar Khalifa, novelist
• Daoud Kuttab, journalist,author
• Sabri Jiryis, author
• Taha Muhammad Ali, poet
• Samih al-Qasim, poet
• Raji Sahyoun, broadcaster, writer
• Khalil al-Sakakini, author
• Abu Salma, poet
• Azeez Shaheen, author
• Serene Husseini Shahid, author
• Naomi Shihab Nye, poet (Palestinian father)
• Fadwa Toukan, poet
• Ibrahim Toukan, poet, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq
• Samir El Youssef, writer and critic
• Tawfiq Ziad, poet
• Nadia Shabana, academic

• Muhammad Bakri, film director
• Hany Abu-Assad, film director
• Mai Masri, film director
• Razanne Carmey, playwright, theatre director
• Jamal Dajani, television producer
• Rashid Masharawi, film director
• Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, film director
• Fu’ad Zentut, film director
• Osama Al-Zain, film director
• Isma’il Shamout, painter
• Rosalind Nashashibi, film director
• Izidore Musallam, film director
• Hanna Musleh, film director
• Mahmoud Al-Massad, film director
• Najawa Najjar, film director
• Omar Al-Qattan, film director
• Azza Hasan, film director
• Jacqueline Salloum, film director
• Leila Sansour, film director
• Hazim Bitar, film director
• Maryse Gargour, film director
• Annmarie Jacir, film director
• Hasan, Nizar, film director
• Hanna Elias, film director (The Olive Harvest)
• Michel Khleifi, film director (Wedding in Galilee)
• Nadine Salameh, actress (Ru’aa Halima or Vision of a Dreamer)
• Elia Suleiman, film director (Divine Intervention)
• Tawfik Abu Wael, film director (Atash)
• Ammar Quttaineh, film director
• Nisreen Tafesh, actress (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Rabiye Qortoba)
• Rami Hanna, actor (Altaghreba Alfalasinia, Ahlam Kabira)
• Hassan Awayti, actor (Altaghreba Alfalastinia, Ashtar and many others...)
• Aron Kader, comedian
• Sasha Abunnadi, pageant
• Riad Masarweh, playwriter, theatre director

• Rim Banna, singer/songwriter
• El-Funoun, dance company
• Samir Joubran, oud player
• Khaled Jubran, Composer, Buzuq and Oud player خالد جبران
• Kamilya Jubran, singer and oud player
• Reem Kelani, singer
• Amal Murkus, singer
• Adel Salameh, oud player, composer
• Simon Shaheen, oud virtuoso, composer
• Tareq Shadeed, singer/songwriter, composer

• Naji al-Ali, cartoonist
• Imad Hajjaj, cartoonist
• Mona Hatoum, sculptor
• Omayya Joha, cartoonist
• Marwan Kishek, Engineer and Artist (Medium: Oil)
• Khalil Rabah, artist
• Hanna Safieh, photographer
• Ahlam Shibli, photographer
• Vera Tamari, ceramic artist
• Jafar Tukan, architect

• Silverdegree, Palestinian Chrisitan hip-hop group [1]
• DAM, Palestinian hip-hop band [2]
• Fredwreck, Palestinian-American West Coast rap producer
• DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop DJ
• Arabesque, Palestinian-Canadian hip-hop artist

• Abdul Hameed Shoman, Arab Bank
• Yousef Beidas, Intra Bank
• Munib al-Masri, PADICO
• Mohamed Hadid, real estate developer
• Hasib Sabbagh, CCC
• Naim Attallah, Asprey, Quartet Publishing
• Said Khoury - Prominent Businessman

• Mahmoud Abbas
• Nabil Amr
• Suha Arafat
• Yassir Arafat
• Hanan Ashrawi
• Hakam Balawi
• Marwan Barghouti
• Mohammed Dahlan
• Saeb Erekat
• Qadura Fares
• Rawhi Fattuh
• Faisal Husseini
• Ahmed Qurei
• Ali Hassan Salameh
• Nabil Shaath

• Muhammad Abu Tir
• Mohammad Barghouti
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
• Khaled Mashal
• Ahmed Yassin

• George Habash
• Abu Ali Mustafa
• Leila Khaled
• Ahmed Saadat
• Riad al-Malki

• Zahwa Arafat, daughter
• Abu Abbas, PLF
• 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
• Fahmi al-Abboushi, appointed Mayor of Jenin in 1935
• Nimr al-Khatib, political leader, Haifa
• Awni Abd al-Hadi, Palestinian political figure
• Ishan Banerjee, Ottoman Revanchist
• Janet Mikhail, mayor of Ramallah
• Hadem Rida, mayor of Jenin
• Omar Hammayil, mayor of Al-Bireh
• Bassam Shaka, former mayor of Nablus, terrorist victim
• Ghassan Shakaa, former mayor of Nablus,
• Ahmad Shukairy, PLO founder,
• Hussein Al-Araj, current mayor of Nablus
• Azmi Bishara - 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 Eliaboun
• Ibrahim Sarsur- member of Israeli Knesset, native of Kafr Qasim
• Ahmed Tibi - member of Israeli Knesset
• Tawfiq Ziad - poet, mayor of Nazereth and Hadash member of Israeli Knesset

• Rania of Jordan, Queen of Jordan (Palestinian parents)
• Antonio Saca, president of El Salvador
• Shafik Handal, El Salvador politician
• Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
• Pierre de Bané, Canadian cabinet minister

• Rajeh Adnan Saadeh, Solidarity Advocate & Activist
• 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

• 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
• Sonny Bandak, human rights activist

• 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, borne in Ghaza

• Munir Abu Kishek, lightweight boxer (Asian Games bronze medalist)
• Nizar Taleb, full contact kickboxer (World Championships WKA gold medalist)
• Abbas Suan - soccer player for Bnei Sakhnin in Israel

• Sirhan Sirhan - assassin of Robert Kennedy

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