Birth: 28/9/1929 Death:17/10/2002
Born in Nablus on 28 Sept. 1929; better known as Shawkat Zeid; attended An-Najah School in Nablus and the Ibrahimieh School in Cairo; studied General Medicine at Alexandria University, graduating in 1957; worked as a physician at the Ministry of Health in Kuwait from 1959-62; awarded a fellowship at the Academy of Medicine in Vienna in 1962 and specialized in Internal Medicine in Austria and Germany; continued his studies and received a Diploma in Public Health and Tropical Diseases from Liverpool University, UK, in 1964; returned to Palestine and opened his own clinic in Nablus the same year; became member of the first PNC in 1964; worked as senior medical officer at UNRWA (until 1989); was among those who transformed An-Najah College in Nablus into a University in 1977; served as member of its Board of Trustees; co-founder in 1977 and Board of Trustees member from 1978-85 of the Arab Thought Forum in Jerusalem; served as member of the Palestinian Doctors’ League; co-founder of the Child Care Medical Society for Children; was elected Pres. of An-Najah National University in 1990; Exec. Committee member of the Palestinian Council for Higher Education; elected Vice-Pres. of the Red Crescent Society in Nablus; after the establishment of the PA, was appointed as special advisor to late Pres. Yasser Arafat; died of cancer on 17 Oct. 2002, and was buried in Jordan.
