Famous Palestinian Women

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 1 
Leem Lubany
(Actress)
Leem Lubany
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Birthdate: August 31, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nazareth, Israel
 2 
Noura Erakat
(Human rights activist)
Noura Erakat
1
Birthdate: January 16, 1980
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alameda County, California, United States
 3 
Hanan Ashrawi
(Palestinian Politician, Legislator, Activist, and Scholar)
Hanan Ashrawi
1
Birthdate: October 8, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nablus, Palestine
 4 
Rim Banna
(Singer)
Rim Banna
0
Birthdate: December 8, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nazareth, Israel
Died: March 24, 2018
 5 
Rouzan al-Najjar
(Nurse)
Rouzan al-Najjar
3
Birthdate: September 13, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Khuza'a, Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip
Died: June 1, 2018
 6 
Mona Hatoum
(Installation artist)
Mona Hatoum
0
Birthdate: 1952
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
 7 
Leila Khaled
(Political activist)
Leila Khaled
5
Birthdate: April 9, 1944
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Haifa, Israel
 8 
Hiam Abbass
(Actress)
Hiam Abbass
8
Birthdate: November 30, 1960
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nazareth, Israel
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 9 
Susan Abulhawa
(Writer)
Susan Abulhawa
0
Birthdate: June 3, 1970
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kuwait
 10 
Saint Anne
(Mother of Virgin Mary)
Saint Anne
9
Birthdate: 0050 BC
Birthplace: Bethlehem
Died: 0012 AD
 11 
Maliheh Afnan
(Artist)
Maliheh Afnan
0
Birthdate: March 24, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Haifa, Palestine
Died: January 6, 2016
 12 
Suha Arafat
(Author)
Suha Arafat
8
Birthdate: July 17, 1963
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
 13 
Janan Harb
(Fahd of Saudi Arabia's wife)
Janan Harb
0
Birthdate: 1947 AD
Birthplace: Ramallah, Palestine
 14 
Raymonda Tawil
(Writer)
Raymonda Tawil
0
Birthdate: 1940 AD
Birthplace: Acre in Mandatory Palestine
 15 
Wafa Idris
(First Palestinian female suicide bomber)
Wafa Idris
3
Birthdate: February 11, 1975
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Am'ari Refugee Camp, West Bank, Palestinian territories
Died: January 27, 2002
 16 
Karimeh Abbud
(Photographer)
Karimeh Abbud
1
Birthdate: November 18, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bethlehem, Ottoman Empire
Died: April 27, 1940
 17 
May Ziadeh
(A Pioneer of Oriental Feminism in Arab Literary World and Key Figure in the 'Nahda' Movement)
May Ziadeh
0
Birthdate: February 11, 1886
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nazareth, Vilayet of Syria
Died: October 17, 1941
 18 
Ghada Karmi
(Doctor of medicine)
Ghada Karmi
0
Birthdate: 1939 AD
Birthplace: Jerusalem
 19 
Mai Masri
(Filmmaker)
Mai Masri
1
Birthdate: April 2, 1959
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amman, Jordan
 20 
Emily Jacir
(Artist)
Emily Jacir
0
Birthdate: 1972 AD
Birthplace: Bethlehem
 21 
Reem Riyashi
(Suicide bomber)
Reem Riyashi
1
Birthdate: 1981 AD
Birthplace: Gaza City, Palestine
Died: January 14, 2004
 22 
Khalida Jarrar
(Palestinian Political Leader)
Khalida Jarrar
0
Birthdate: February 9, 1963
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nablus
 23 
Vera Baboun
(Palestinian Politician Who Became the First Woman to Serve as the Mayor of Bethlehem)
Vera Baboun
1
Birthdate: October 6, 1964
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bethlehem
 24 
Reem Kassis
(Writer)
Reem Kassis
0
Birthdate: 1987 AD
Birthplace: Jerusalem
 25 
Sahar Khalifeh
(Writer)
Sahar Khalifeh
0
Birthdate: 1941 AD
Birthplace: Nablus, Palestine
 26 
Adania Shibli
(Author)
Adania Shibli
0
Birthdate: 1974 AD
Birthplace: Palestine
 27 
Hind al-Husseini
(Educator)
Hind al-Husseini
1
Birthdate: April 25, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Jerusalem
Died: September 13, 1994
 28 
Areen Omari
(Palestinian Actress and Producer)
Areen Omari
0
Birthplace: West Bank, Palestine
 29 
Leila Shahid
(Palestinian Diplomat)
Leila Shahid
0
Birthdate: July 13, 1949
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
 30 
Annemarie Jacir
(Film director, Screenwriter, Poet, Writer)
Annemarie Jacir
2
Birthdate: January 17, 1974
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bethlehem
 31 
Hanan Al Hroub
(Educator)
Hanan Al Hroub
1
Birthdate: March 6, 1972
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bethlehem, Palestine
 32 
Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad
(Physician)
Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad
0
Birthdate: February 2, 1993
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Palestine
 33 
Tarab Abdul Hadi
(Activist)
Tarab Abdul Hadi
0
Birthdate: 1910 AD
Birthplace: Jenin, Palestine (region) Palestine, Ottoman empire
Died: 1976 AD
 34 
Janet Mikhail
(The First Female Mayor of Ramallah)
Janet Mikhail
0
Birthdate: 1945 AD
Birthplace: Ramallah, Palestine
 35 
Nisreen Faour
(Actress)
Nisreen Faour
0
Birthdate: August 2, 1972
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel
 36 
Jean Said Makdisi
(Writer)
Jean Said Makdisi
0
Birthdate: 1940 AD
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
 37 
Suad Amiry
(Author)
Suad Amiry
1
Birthdate: 1951 AD
Birthplace: West Bank, Ramallah
 38 
Ibtisam Barakat
(Author)
Ibtisam Barakat
0
Birthdate: October 2, 1963
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: East Jerusalem
 39 
Mayada Al-Sayad
(Marathon runner)
Mayada Al-Sayad
0
Birthdate: October 26, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 40 
Anahid Fayad
(Actress)
Anahid Fayad
2
Birthdate: July 6, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
 41 
Intissar al-Wazir
(Palestinian Political Leader)
Intissar al-Wazir
1
Birthdate: December 12, 1941
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gaza, Palestine
 42 
Nadia Hijab
(Palestinian Political Analyst, Journalist, and Author)
Nadia Hijab
0
Birthdate: 1950 AD
Birthplace: Aleppo, Syria
 43 
Umm Nidal
(One of the Prominent Islamist Female Leaders in Palestine.)
Umm Nidal
2
Birthdate: December 24, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Died: March 17, 2013
 44 
Laila Al-Marayati
(Doctor)
Laila Al-Marayati
0
Birthdate: 1962 AD
Birthplace: Unknown
 45 
Laila Shawa
(One of the Most Prolific and Important Artists of the Revolutionary Contemporary Art Scene in the Arab World)
Laila Shawa
0
Birthdate: 1940 AD
Birthplace: Gaza
 46 
Mai al-Kaila
(The First Woman to Hold the Position of Health Minister of Palestine)
Mai al-Kaila
1
Birthdate: April 8, 1955
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Jordanian-ruled West Bank, Israel
 47 
Hanan Al-Agha
(Writer)
Hanan Al-Agha
3
Birthdate: 1948 AD
Birthplace: Jaffa, Israel
Died: April 19, 2008
 48 
Serene Husseini Shahid
(Jamal al-Husayni's daughter)
Serene Husseini Shahid
0
Birthdate: 1920 AD
Birthplace: Jerusalem
Died: 2008 AD
 49 
Dana Dajani
(Palestinian Actress and Writer)
Dana Dajani
0
Birthplace: Palestine
 50 
Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti
(The Founder of Hamas' women's Organization)
Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti
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Birthdate: 1955 AD
Birthplace: Unknown