Born 1941, Gaza 
Bachelor of Arts in History, Damascus University
Member, Palestinian Legislative Council, 1996–2006
PA Minister of Social Affairs, 1994–2004
Member, Fatah Central Committee, 1989–2009
Elected to PLO Executive Committee, 1988
Deputy Secretary-General, Fatah Revolutionary Council, 1983
Secretary-General, General Union of Palestinian Women, 1980–1985
Member, Palestine National Council
Founding president, Martyrs' Families Organization, 1967
Co-founder, General Union of Palestinian Women, 1965 
Joined Fatah, 1959, as its first female member
Spouse of Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), assassinated by Israel in 1988