Birth: NULL/NULL/1938 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Rafat in 1938; moved with his family to Bethlehem after the War of 1948; studied Law and Journalism at Damascus University from 1959-62; worked as freelance journalist; co-founder, with Yousef Nasser, and editor of Al-Fajr daily newspaper from 1972-74; from 1984, was West Bank Correspondent for the Time Magazine from 1984; received the Overseas Press Club Award in 1985 in honor of the coverage of the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin; was joint winner of the Henry R. Luce Award for reporting on the battle of Jenin in April 2002.
