Fadwa Al-Barghouti (Umm Al-Qassam) (born 15 May 1963) is a Palestinian lawyer and member of the

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 ...

council. The wife of politician and political prisoner Marwan Barghouti, she holds a master's degree in law in 2003 from

Al-Quds University Al-Quds University ( ar, جامعة القدس) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, al-Bireh, and Hebron. Overview The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was con ...

, and holds a bachelor's degree in law from Beirut University in 1997. In 2009, she won and became a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council elections held during the Sixth Congress of Fatah in Bethlehem. On 4 December 2016, she won again as a member of the council. Fadwa Al-Barghouti will run in the upcoming legislative elections in Palestine on an independent list called "Freedom."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barghouti, Fadwa Living people Palestinianists Palestinian women academics People from Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate Al-Quds University alumni Beirut Arab University alumni Fatah members Palestinian women in politics 20th-century Palestinian women 20th-century Palestinian people 21st-century Palestinian women 21st-century Palestinian people 1963 births