Sector : Cultural Figures , Historians

Personal Info

• Country of residence: Palestine

• Gender: Male

• Born in: 1963

• Age: 61

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Jihad Al-Masry (1963-2023) is a Palestinian historian born in Rafah . He holds a BA in History from Yarmouk University in Jordan in 1987, and a Master’s degree in Islamic History from Al al-Bayt University in 1999. The title of his thesis was “Education in the Levant during the Ayyubid Era .” 

He worked as a director at the Oral History Center at Al-Quds Open University in Khan Yunis and as an academic and administrative assistant to the director of Al-Quds Open University in Rafah from 2003 until 2022, then he was appointed director of the university’s Khan Yunis branch until his martyrdom in the Palestinian-Israeli war .

He, his wife and daughter were killed in an Israeli air strike on October 29, 2023. 

His life

Jihad Suleiman Al-Masry worked as a lecturer in Libya at the Teachers' Institutes of the Ministry of Education during the period (1988-1994). He also worked as a teacher in several private schools in Jordan during the period (1994-1998), and in UNRWA schools in Jordan from 1998 to 2000. He then returned to Gaza to be a lecturer at Al-Azhar University , the Islamic University and Al-Aqsa University in Gaza for a year, then a lecturer at Al-Quds Open University in Rafah from 2001 to 2002.

His literary works

Al-Masry has published several books, research papers and historical studies, including: 

Research entitled “The Problem of Frankish Women’s Participation in the Fighting Against Muslims During the Crusades on Egypt and the Levant,” 2019.
A historical model for achieving a social peace system: Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, 2018.
The dialectic of the Palestinian National Authority's movement to demand an apology for the Balfour Declaration on the centenary of its issuance, in 2017.
The Symbolism of the Keys of Return in the Literature of Palestinian Refugee Women and Its Reflection in the Works of Palestinian Creatives, 2011
The memory of place among displaced Palestinians and its impact on the culture of the right of return, 2009.
Oral History in the Gaza Strip: A Reading of Achievements and a Trend towards Aspirations, 2009.
Canada Palestinian Refugee Camp in Rafah, Sinai 1982-2000: An Oral Documentary Study, 2002.
The Martyrs Return: An Oral Documentary Study of the Martyrs of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in Khan Yunis Governorate, 2002.

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