Notable Palestinians — Nablus

Notable Palestinians — Nablus

• Fadwa Tuqan (1917–2003) — Fadwa Tuqan, often called "the Poet of Palestine," was among the most important Arab women poets of…
• Munib al-Masri (1934–present) — Munib Rashid al-Masri was born in 1934 in Nablus into a prominent local family. As a boy he was woun…
• Hanan Ashrawi (1946–present) — Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi is a Palestinian scholar, legislator, and diplomat who became the most pr…
• Sahar Khalifeh (1941–present) — Sahar Khalifeh is among the foremost Palestinian novelists and the most prominent female voice in th…
• Ibrahim Tuqan (1905–1941) — Ibrahim Tuqan was a pioneering Palestinian nationalist poet of the late Ottoman and British Mandate…
• Sabih al-Masri (1937–present) — Sabih Taher Darwish al-Masri was born in 1937 in Nablus, then in Mandatory Palestine, and is a cousi…
• Bashar Masri (1961–present) — Bashar Masri was born on February 3, 1961, in Nablus, then under Jordanian administration. As a teen…
• Beshara Doumani (1957–present) — Beshara Doumani is a Palestinian-American historian recognized for transforming the social and econo…
• Muhammad Izzat Darwaza (1888–1984) — Muhammad Izzat Darwaza was born in 1888 into a middle-class Sunni Muslim merchant family in Nablus,…
• Murad Ismail (1982–present) — Murad Ismail Said is a Palestinian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and was a member…
• Woroud Sawalha (1991–present) — Woroud Sawalha is a Palestinian middle-distance runner who became one of the most prominent female a…