Nabil Amr ( ar, نبيل عمرو 1947) is a former information minister (2003) in the
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine, , and previous ambassador in the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
and
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
. He was an outspoken critic of
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
, especially regarding his behavior at the
2000 Camp David Summit.
In July 2004 he was shot in the legs through the window of his house in
Ramallah by unknown gunmen.
References
External links
Christian Science MonitorArticle at Islamonline.net
Living people
Fatah members
Shooting survivors
1947 births
Palestinian amputees
Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to Egypt
Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to Russia
Palestinian expatriates in Syria
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