List of people from Nablus
The following list includes notable people from the city of Nablus.
Modern era
- Awni Abd al-Hadi - 20th century Palestinian politician
- Hani Awijan - former head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group in Nablus
- Nasib al-Bitar - former Islamic court judge
- Izzat Darwaza - Palestinian Arab nationalist leader in early 20th century
- Abdel Aziz Duwaik - Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
- Mohamed Ali Eltaher - Palestinian journalist and newspaper editor
- Fadi Kafisha - former head of Tanzim militant group in Nablus
- Sahar Khalifeh - Palestinian writer
- Munib Masri - Palestinian billionaire
- Ahmed Sheikh - editor-in-chief of Al-Jazeera
- Ahmad Toukan - late Prime Minister and educator
- Fadwa Touqan - Palestinian female poet
- Fawwaz Tuqan - writer, professor and former minister
- Ibrahim Touqan - Palestinian poet
- Abdel Wael Zwaiter - assassinated by Israel
Pre-modern period
- Ibn al-Sal'us, a 13th-century merchant and Mamluk vizier
- Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nabulusi - anti-Fatimid rebel who moved to Baniyas to continue his agitation against the Fatimid Caliphate[1]
- Yoseph ben Ab-Hisda ben Yaacov ben Aaharon - former Samaritan high priest
References
- ↑ Wilson, John Francis. (2004) Caesarea Philippi: Banias, the Lost City of Pan I.B.Tauris, ISBN 1-85043-440-9 p 123
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