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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Beit Dajan, near Jaffa, in 1939; became refugee in the Nakba of 1948, ending up first in Ramallah, then in Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus; joined the Ba‘athists in 1952; studied Geology and Water Resources at Cairo’s Ein Shams University from 1958; turned to Palestinian national movement in the early 1960s and joined Fateh in 1962, when he became responsible for recruitment; was appointed Fateh regional command in Lebanon in Oct. 1972; member of the Fateh Central Committee since Aug. 1989; now resides in Ramallah.
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