Birth: NULL/NULL/1938 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Qalqilya on 20 Aug. 1938; graduated from secondary school in 1958; enrolled at Damascus University in 1962; became a member of the ANM; was elected head of the Palestinian Students’ Association in Syria; was arrested in Damascus and deported from Syria following the collapse of the United Arab Republic in 1961; moved to Cairo in 1963 and studied towards a BA and an MA until 1967, when he had to return to Palestine following the June War; while enrolled at the university from 1962-67, served as leader of the GUPS; was elected member of the Exec. Committee of the International Students’ Association and of the International Democratic Youth Association; was member of the International Peace Council and the Afro-Asian Solidarity Organization; participated in the first PNC (as representative of GUPS) during its inception in Jerusalem in 1964; returned to Palestine following the June 1967 war; was arrested on 20 Dec. 1967 in Jerusalem and imprisoned for three years, then was deported to Jordan in 1971; became the first PFLP representative to the PLO Exec. Committee, serving from July 1971-Jan. 1973; moved to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Tunisia; participated in different international conferences held by Labor and Communist groups; was head of the Palestinian delegation to the International Youth Association conferences in Berlin (1973) and Cuba (1978); in 1976-77, began to argue for the mini-state option as a first step towards liberating all of Palestine; served as PFLP politburo member until 1993; was allowed by Israel to return to the West Bank to attend the PNC meeting in Gaza in April 1996; was re-elected as Vice-Pres. of the PNC.
