Born 1959, Kobar, Palestine
Popular Palestinian political leader convicted by an Israeli court to serve multiple life sentences, arrested 2000, convicted 2004
Master of Arts in International Relations, Birzeit University, 1998
Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, Birzeit University (enrolled 1983, arrest and exile delayed completion of degree until 1994)
Member, Fateh Central Committee, 2011–
Member, Palestinian Legislative Council, 1996–
Leader, Al-Aqsa intifada, 2000
Regarded as a leader of the first intifada, 1987–
Arrested by Israel and deported to Jordan; returned under the terms of the Oslo Accords, 1994
Arrested and imprisoned by Israel, 1978–1983 
Joined Fatah, 1974
Co-founder, Fatah Youth Movement (Shabiba)