Born 1945, Yafa, Palestine
Member, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee
Deputy Secretary-General, People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 2001–
Member, Palestinian National Council and Palestinian Central Council, 1977
Joined the Palestine Liberation Army in Iraq, 1965
Thrice wounded in various battles to protect Palestine 
Arrested by Israeli occupation authorities, 2002,  sentenced to nine years imprisonment; released after five years