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Hatem Siddiq Abu Ghazaleh

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Andorra
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1932
  • Age: 89
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Born in Nablus on 3 Feb. 1932; received his primary and secondary education from schools in Nablus; graduated with the high school diploma from the Salahiyyah Secondary School in 1948; enrolled at the University of Damascus in 1949 and graduated in 1956 with BSc in Science and a PhD in Medicine; was several times arrested during demonstrations in Syria under the Shishakli regime; joined the Algerian revolutionists and worked as a doctor in the hospital of Ghalizan, Algeria; after Algeria earned its independence, moved to Jordan in 1962, where he was elected as a member of parliament, representing Nablus, until the parliament dissolved six months later; was arrested afterwards and imprisoned for eight months in the Jafar Prison; was released in 1965 and left for Saudi Arabia, where he worked as a doctor in a Kuwaiti-Saudi company; was again arrested after ten months on suspicion of conspiring against the regime and put in Ad-Damman Prison, then exiled; returned to the West Bank and was arrested in 1967 by Israel for resisting the occupation; was released in 1968, re-arrested in 1969 and imprisoned for one year and a half followed by a 3-year house arrest; however, was shortly re-arrested after the 1970 Black September events and kept as a hostage (in return of kidnapping planes in September by Palestinians at Al-Mafraq Airport); was banned from leaving the West Bank for ten years from 1967-1977; owns and operates a private clinic in Nablus; is an elected member of the Nablus Municipal Council; has written several books on economics, history, politics and sociology, and contributed numerous articles in Palestinian newspapers.

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