Dalal Abdul Hafith Salameh ( ar, دلال عبد الحفيظ سلامة , born 4 October 1965; sometimes spelled Dalal Salama) is a Palestinian activist and former politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the

Palestinian Legislative Council The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority, elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It currently comprises 132 members, e ...

in 1996.

Biography

Salameh was born in

Nablus Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...

in 1965 and grew up in the Balata refugee camp.Salameh, Dalal Abdul Hafith (1965-
PASSIA She was educated at the UNRWA Balata Basic School for Girls, and joined

Fatah Fatah ( ar, فتح '), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and ...

in 1977, eventually becoming a member of its central committee.Dalal Salaheh
European Council on Foreign Relations She attended

An-Najah National University An-Najah National University ( ar, جامعة النجاح الوطنية) is a Palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees. It is located in Nablus, in the northern West Bank. The university has 22,000 stude ...

, where she headed the public relations for the student council. During her time at university she was placed under house arrest by Israeli authorities due to her activism. After earning a BA in biology, she gained an MA in international studies at

Birzeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Mi ...

.West Bank pioneers: Dalal Salameh
UNWRA In the 1996 elections to the Legislative Council, she was a Fatah candidate in

, and was one of five women elected, becoming the first female Palestinian MPs.The Political Participation of Palestinian Women in Official and Non-Official Organizations in Limited Horizon
ICSR She remained on the Legislative Council until the 2006 elections. She subsequently led the Nablus-based General Union for Palestinian Women.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salameh, Dalal 1965 births Living people An-Najah National University alumni Birzeit University alumni Fatah members Members of the 1996 Palestinian Legislative Council Palestinian women in politics Central Committee of Fatah members