Birth: NULL/NULL/1971 Death:NULL/NULL/2022
Born on 3 January 1971 in Jerusalem to a Christian family; went to the Rosary Sisters’ High School in Jerusalem, then enrolled at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Amman to study Architecture, but switched later to Journalism at Yarmouk University, from where she graduated with a BA in 1991; returned to Palestine and worked as a journalist for Voice of Palestine Radio, Amman Satellite Channel, and Radio Monte Carlo; also worked on assignments for UNRWA and Miftah; joined the Al-Jazeera media network in 1997 as one of its first field TV correspondents; soon became an iconic personality on its Arabic-language channel, gaining fame for her coverage of the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000 as well as for her stories about ordinary Palestinians and their living and suffering under the Israeli occupation.
Despite being clearly identified as a journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp on 11 May 2022; after a state funeral at the Muqata in Ramallah on 12 May, she was buried in Jerusalem on 13 May 2022 with her funeral procession attended by thousands of people.
