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Dr. Salim Tamari
Biography of Salim Tamari
Tamari, Salim
academic
1945 in Jaffa
After studying at Bir Zeit College in the WEST BANK, Tamari received a B.A. in politics from Drew University, New Jersey, United States and an M.A. in sociology from the University of New Hampshire. He completed a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Manchester in 1983. A sociologist at BIR ZEIT UNIVERSITY since 1971, Tamari has also co directed Bir Zeit's Mediterranean Studies Unit since 1994. In September 1994, he was appointed director of the Institute for Jerusalem Studies, a branch of the Beirut based INSTITUTE FOR PALESTINE STUDIES that publishes the Jerusalem Quarterly File. He has also served on the refugee committee in the multilateral peace talks that began in the wake of the 1991 MADRID PEACE CONFERENCE.
A noted Palestinian scholar and leading sociologist, Tamari has produced numerous sophisticated studies dealing with sociology, development, urban studies, and other issues relating to Palestinian society in the Occupied Territories. His works include Palestinian Refugee Negotiation: From Madrid to Oslo II (1996) and Jerusalem 1948 (1999).
The above was quoted from Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians edited by Philip Mattar.
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Dr. Hanna Nasser
Biography of Hanna Nasser
Nasser, Hanna
academic
1936 in Jaffa
Hanna Nasser studied at the American University of Beirut before receiving a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Purdue University in the United States. Beginning in 1972, he served as the founding president of BIR ZEIT UNIVERSITY. Cousin of the PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) spokesman Kamal Nasser, who was assassinated in Beirut by Israeli agents in 1973, Naser was perceived as a moderate pro-PLO figure in the WEST BANK.
When pro-PLO demonstrations broke out at Bir Zeit after the November 1974 appearance of the PLO chairman, YASER ARAFAT, at the United Nations, Israeli authorities arrested Naser and four others whom they accused of inciting the protests and of associating with illegal organizations, a reference to the underground Palestine National Front.
Deported to Lebanon, Nasser made his way to Amman, Jordan, where he retained his position as president of Bir Zeit University and worked out of its liaison office. From 1981 to 1984, Nasser also served on the PLO executive committee and, for a time, as head of the PALESTINIAN NATIONAL FUND.
Israel allowed Nasser to return along with twenty-four other deportees in May 1993, whereupon he resumed his duties at Bir Zeit University.
The above was quoted from Encyclopedia Of The Palestinians edited by Philip Mattar
The Picture is taken just after midnight on Christmas morning, Hanna Nasser, the mayor of Bethlehem, front right, sits next to the name placard and trademark Koffiyeh of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was barred by Israel a second year in a row from attending Midnight Mass, inside St. Catherine's church, inside the compound of the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002. Arafat, who is a Muslim, has in past years normally attended the event as leader of the Palestinian people.
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