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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Born in Lifta, Jerusalem, on 28 Nov. 1935 to a family originally from Halhoul; attended elementary school in Ramleh, then secondary school in Gaza; studied Law at the universities of Cairo (BA, 1960) and Damascus (Diploma, 1962); returned to Jerusalem and became an intern at the office of Anwar Al-Khatib; practiced law from 1963; then co-founded a law firm together with Ibrahim Baker, Yahya Hamudeh, and Ali Safarini until the War of 1967; opened his own law office in Jerusalem and practiced as advocate and legal consultant since, representing, among others, the Waqf, medical companies and banks; was appointed Judge at the Ramallah High Court by the Israeli military governor in 1967 (until 1973); editor and co-owner – with Othman Hallak – of An-Nahar newspaper until its closure in May 1995.
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