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Alphabetical listing of selected People Profiles from Gaza
Alaadine al-Aaraj
Alaadine al-Aaraj
Minister of National Economy, Trade and Industry
Haidar Abdul Shafi
Haidar Abdul Shafi
Born in Gaza 1919, physician. Early education in Gaza and Jerusalem, M.D. graduate from American University in Beirut, 1943.
Ahmad Abou Halbiyeh
Ahmad Abou Halbiyeh
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Marwan Abou Ras
Marwan Abou Ras
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Ziyad Abu Amro
Ziyad Abu Amro
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Freih Abu Meddien
Freih Abu Meddien
Born in Gaza; Palestinian lawyer; L.L.B. graduate from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 1971; member of various Palestinian councils and associations;
Sheikh Freih Abu Meddien
Sheikh Freih Abu Meddien
Born in 1871; Sheikh of a tribe from Beersheba, Negev and Gaza area; took part in the Arab Revolt of 1916, was appointed as a member in the first Advisory Council by Herbert Samuel in October 1920.
Ismail Abu Shanab
Ismail Abu Shanab
Born in 1955 in Gaza’s Shati RC to refugee parents; studied at Al-Mansura University in Cairo and later graduated with a MA in Engineering from Colorado State University;
Anwar Awadallah
Anwar Awadallah
Anwar M. Awadallah, is a doctorate student at Institute of Landscape Planning and Garden Design- Technical University of Vienna.
Ahmad Bahr
Ahmad Bahr
First Deputy to the President of The Palestinian Legislative Council.
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council.
Atef Bseiso Atef Bseiso
Early Fateh member, his involvement focused in security, was in charge of the central PLO Security in Lebanon, the Israeli accused him if being involved in Munich Olympiad operation, was assassinated in Paris.
Abdullah Franji
Abdullah Franji
Born in Beersheba on 15 Nov. 1943; fled with his family to Gaza during the Nakba, and from there to Cairo during the 1956 Suez crisis; studied Medicine and Politics in Frankfurt/Main, Germany,
Sameh Habeeb
Sameh A. Habeeb
A Photojournalist, Humanitarian & Peace Activist in Gaza Strip.
Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Haniyeh
The Prime Minister
Hazem Harb Hazem Harb
For an artist who is only 26 years old, the most striking thing about Hazem Harb is his enormous output and the intensity of his work. Harb was born in 1980 in Gaza where he lives and works. He studied art by enrolling in several courses in Gaza city.
Mohamed Harb Mohamed Kamel Harb
Studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at An-Najah University in Nablus, specialising in interior design and décor.
Khalil Al Hayeh
Khalil Al Hayeh
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Ahmad Helles
Ahmad Helles
Born in Gaza in 1952; studied Arabic Literature at Ein Shams University, Cairo, graduating with a Licentiate in 1976; was early an activist in the Fateh youth Ash-Shabiba;
Amin Al Hindi
Amin Al Hindi
Born in Gaza in 1940; was appointed a senior security officer in Fateh from 1970s; chief of the Palestinian General Security and Intelligence Service since the establishment of the PA; holds the rank of a General;
Mohammed Al Hindi
Mohammed Al Hindi
Born in Gaza on 15 May 1955 to a refugee family from Haifa; studied in UNRWA schools in Gaza; joined the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza in 1972; studied Medicine and Surgery at Cairo University, graduating in 1980;
Osama Alisawi
Osama Alisawi
PhD in Technical Innovation and Design in Architecture. Polytechnic of Milan- Italy, Feb. 2003.
Jamal Khudari
Jamal Khudari
Minister of Telecommunication and IT
M. Nasser Al-Kidwa
M. Nasser Al-Kidwa
Doctor of Dental Medicine & Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry , Cairo university ,1979. Minister Of Foreign Affairs for the Palestinian National Authority on 24 February 2005.
Sadi El-Krunz

Sadi El-Krunz
Minister of Industry
Ph D, Purdue University, Indiana, USA Statistics department, school of science.

Jamil Majdalawi
Jamil Majdalawi
Member of the Political Bureau
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Kamel Moghanni
Kamel Moghanni
The paintings of Kamel Moghanni are concentrated from Palestinian soil. He even paints on a surface of sand taken from the beaches of Gaza in his own unique techniques.
Mohammad Said Al Nimnim (Abul Noon) Mohammad Said Al Nimnim (Abul Noon)
One of the most famous political cartoonists in Palestine - a man whose hobby was cartoon-drawing even as a young boy, despite his mother’s consternation as he drew on the walls of his house.
Rifat Rustom
Rifat Rustom
Dr. Rustom has M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University in the U.S.A. in 1993 and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Bir-Zeit University in the West Bank in 1985.
Ramadan Shalah Ramadan Shalah
1961, Saja’iyyah; Gaza. Undergraduate at the Zagazig University in Egypt, doctorate in economics from the University of Durham in the UK, one of the founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ).
Azzam al-Shawwa Azzam al-Shawwa
1963, Kuwait, PA minister of energy and prominent banker obtaining tell march 2006, BSc in Maths at the University of Memphis. Worked as head of the Bank of Palestine in Gaza Strip, and then as the Gaza Branch coordinator of the Arab Bank;
Rashad Shawwa
Rashad Shawwa
Founder of Al-Kharaiyeh charitable organization of Gaza; twice-deposed mayor of Gaza City; established Shawwa Cultural Center in Gaza City; died of heart attack in 1988.
Rawya Shawwa
Rawya Shawwa
Member of The Palestinian Legislative Council
Salah Shehadeh
Salah Shehadeh
Hamas affiliate since the movement's early days; leader of Hamas' military wing Izz Eddin Al-Qassam; served as a close personal aide to spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Spent time in Israeli jails.
Fathi Shiqaqi
Fathi Shiqaqi
Born in 1951 in Gaza to a refugee family from Jaffa; studied Mathematics at Birzeit and Medicine in Egypt (graduated 1981); trained as a doctor in Egypt and got inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood;
Said Siyam
Said Siyam
Minister of Interior and National Security
Raji Sourani Raji Sourani
1953, Gaza. BA degree in Law from Alexandria; Director of the Gaza Center for Human Rights arrested several times; received several awards for his activities in human rights;
Khalil El-Wazir
Khalil El-Wazir
Born on October 10, 1935; expelled in 1948 from Ramleh and fled to Gaza; became fedai in 1954; studied in Cairo in the 1950s; co-founder (with Arafat) of the first Fateh-cell in 1957;
Sheik Ahmad Yassin
Sheik Ahmad Yassin
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin was born in the village of Al-Jura, Majdal district, in 1938 and sought refuge alongside his family in the nearby Gaza Strip following the 1948 Nakba.
Mahmood Zahhar
Mahmood Zahhar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ziad Al Zaza
Ziad Al Zaza
Minister of Transportation
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