Notable Palestinians — Civil Society & Religion

Notable Palestinians — Civil Society & Religion

• Michel Sabbah (1933–present) — Michel Sabbah is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who made history as the first native Palestinian Lat…
• Munib Younan (1950–present) — Munib Younan is a Palestinian Lutheran bishop who became one of the most globally prominent Christia…
• Elias Chacour (1939–present) — Elias Chacour is a Palestinian Melkite Greek Catholic priest, educator and peace activist who became…
• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882–1935) — Izz ad-Din al-Qassam was a Muslim preacher, religious teacher and social reformer whose name became…
• Aref al-Aref (1892–1973) — Aref al-Aref was a Palestinian journalist, historian, administrator and civic leader whose long care…
• Eyad El-Sarraj (1944–2013) — Eyad El-Sarraj (1944-2013) was a Palestinian psychiatrist and human rights campaigner who pioneered…
• Naim Ateek (1937–present) — Naim Stifan Ateek, born in Beisan in 1937, is a Palestinian Anglican priest and the founding theolog…
• Munther Isaac (1979–present) — Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac (born 1979 in Bethlehem) is a Palestinian Lutheran pastor and theologian, and…
• Hind al-Husseini (1916–1994) — Hind al-Husseini was a Palestinian educator and humanitarian whose response to one of the darkest mo…
• Mubarak Awad (1943–present) — Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian-American psychologist and theorist of nonviolent resistance, often cal…
• Mitri Raheb (1962–present) — Mitri Raheb, born in Bethlehem in 1962, is a Palestinian Lutheran pastor, theologian, and institutio…
• Ekrima Sa'id Sabri (1939–present) — Ekrima Sa'id Sabri is a Palestinian Islamic scholar and cleric who served as Grand Mufti of Jerusale…
• Mustafa Barghouti (1954–present) — Mustafa Barghouti, born in Jerusalem in 1954, is a Palestinian physician and civil-society leader be…
• Shawan Jabarin (1960–present) — Shawan Jabarin, born near Hebron around 1960, is a leading Palestinian human rights defender and the…
• Raed Salah (1958–present) — Sheikh Raed Salah is a Palestinian Islamic leader and the most prominent figure of the Islamic Movem…
• Zulaykha al-Shihabi (1903–1992) — Zulaykha al-Shihabi (1903-1992) was a pioneer of the Palestinian women's movement and one of the for…
• Theodosios (Atallah Hanna) (1965–present) — Archbishop Theodosios, widely known as Atallah Hanna, is a Palestinian Greek Orthodox clergyman who…
• Nabiha Nasir (1891–1951) — Nabiha Nasir was born in 1891 in the small town of Birzeit, north of Jerusalem, then part of Ottoman…
• Riah Abu El-Assal (1937–present) — Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal, born in Nazareth in 1937, is a Palestinian Anglican cleric who served as th…
• Abdel Mohsen Qattan (1934–2014) — Abdel Mohsen Qattan was born in 1934 in Jaffa and grew up in a prosperous Palestinian merchant famil…
• Iyad Burnat (1975–present) — Iyad Burnat is a Palestinian nonviolent resistance organiser born in 1975 in the village of Bil'in i…
• Matiel Mogannam (1899–1992) — Matiel Mogannam (1899-1992) was a pioneering leader of the Palestinian Arab women's movement during…
• Jean Zaru (1940–present) — Jean Zaru was born in 1940 in Ramallah to a family deeply rooted in the Palestinian Quaker community…
• Katy Nimr Antonius (1898–1984) — Katy Nimr Antonius was born around the turn of the twentieth century into one of the most cosmopolit…
• Mona El-Farra (1954–present) — Mona El-Farra is a Palestinian physician and human rights activist born in 1954 in Khan Younis, Gaza…