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Atef Abu Bakr
Atef Abu Bakr, also known as Abu Farah, ( ar, عاطف أبو بكر; born 1946) is a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and then of the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). His membership to the latter lasted until 1990. He then rejoined the PLO. He served as the PLO ambassador in different countries between 1974 and 1984. Early life and education Abu Bakr was born in Ya'bad, Mandatory Palestine, in 1946. He is a graduate of the University of Baghdad. Career and activities Abu Bakr was a member of the Fatah. He was appointed PLO ambassador to Yugoslavia in 1974 and remained in office until 1976. Then he served as the ambassador of the PLO to Czechoslovakia between 1976 and 1983. His last diplomatic post for the PLO was in Hungary which he held from 1983 to 1984. Abu Bakr resigned from the PLO in February 1985 when the PLO leader Yasser Arafat and the Jordanian ruler Hussein of Jordan, King Hussein signed an agreement wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ya'bad
Ya'bad ( ar, يعبد) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers west of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate. It is a major agricultural town with most of its land covered with olive groves and grain fields. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 13,640 in 2007. Its mayor is Samer Abu Baker who was elected in 2005. The Israeli settlement of Mevo Dotan is built on Ya'bad's land. History Pottery sherds from the Persian, Hellenistic, early Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and the Medieval eras have been found here. Ottoman era In 1596 Ya'bad appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the ''nahiya'' of Jabal Sami in the '' liwa'' of Nablus. It had a population of 62 households, all Muslim. They paid a tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, occasional revenues, goats and beehives, and a press for olives or grapes; a total of 18,085 akçe. Half of the revenue went to a wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |