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Naim Khader
Naim Khader (1939–1981) was the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Belgium. He was assassinated in Brussels on 1 June 1981. The assassination remains unsolved. Early life and education Khader was born in Zababdeh, Mandatory Palestine, on 30 December 1939. He hailed from a Catholic family. His father was a farmer and died when Naim was nine years old. He had six siblings, and his youngest brother, Bichara Khader, is a Emeritus, professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Naim Khader attended the Latin Theological Seminary in Beit Jala from 1958 where he studied theology, philosophy and music. He graduated from the Seminary in 1964. He was also educated by the Church Fathers, Latin Fathers in Jerusalem. Khader settled in Belgium in 1966. Next year he became a member of the Fatah. He held a master's degree in law from Université catholique de Louvain and a PhD in international law from the Université libre de Bruxelles. Career and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zababdeh
Zababdeh or Zababida ( ar, الزبابدة) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located southeast of Jenin and from the Arab American University. History Sherds from Middle Bronze Age II, Iron Age I & II, through to the Byzantine era have been found at the site.Zertal, 2007, p126/ref> Remains of a Frankish ''bovaria'' (=farm) has been noted, while sherds from the Mamluk and Ottoman era have also been found. Ottoman era The village was (re-)founded in 1834, during the Ottoman era, by three Christian Greek Orthodox families who purchased the land from Jenin Muslims.Alain Epp Weaver'The crescent and the cross are the marks on my hands: The performance of Palestinian unity amid political fragmentation,'in Paul S Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, Jens Zimmermann (eds.) ''Christians and the Middle East Conflict,'' Routledge 2014 pp.137-151, p.138. In 1838 "Zabedet" was noted as a Greek Christian village in the ''Haritheh'' area, north of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |