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- Country of residence: Syria
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Elias Shoufani (1932 - January 26, 2013) is a Palestinian researcher, historian, thinker, and academic. In May 1980, he was elected a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council. He wrote a number of historical, political and intellectual books.
His life
Elias Shukri Shofani was born in the village of Ma'alia in the Upper Galilee in 1932, to one of the notables of Na'alia who assumed local leadership during the 1936 revolution. He studied high school in Acre and graduated from it in 1947, then obtained a diploma from the Teachers' Institute in Jaffa in 1949, and worked as a school teacher for a period Ten years (1949 - 1959), then he obtained a diploma from an institution at Tel Aviv University in 1955, and joined the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, from which he obtained a bachelor’s degree in 1962, after which he completed his studies, obtaining a master’s degree in Oriental Studies. from Princeton University in the United States in 1965, and obtained a doctorate in modern Islamic and Near Eastern studies from the same university in 1968.
He worked as an assistant professor at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland from 1967 to 1973, and was director of the Department of Research and Islamic Studies at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut from 1973 to 1982. He also worked in Damascus as a researcher on issues related to Palestinian history in 1982.
He joined the Palestinian resistance movement, the revolution, and the Palestinian national and political action within the framework of the Fatah movement, and was elected on May 22, 1980, as a member of the Revolutionary Council of the Fatah movement at the movement’s fourth conference, which was held in the city of Damascus. In 1983, after leaving Beirut, he led the Fatah Intifada movement, which split from the Fatah movement, after which he left political work and devoted himself to writing, writing, and historical research.
His writings
During his life, he wrote dozens of books, works, and historical, political, and intellectual publications, including:
“Wars of Apostasy”, published in 1972.
“Begin’s Road to Cairo,” published in 1979.
“Israel and the Carter Beirut Project,” published in 1980.
“Israel and the final settlement,” published in 1983.
“The Zionist Entity - The Barracks Relays Its Objectives,” published in 1990.
“The Zionist Project and the Judaization of Palestine,” published in 1990.
“The relationship between the barracks and the center - the Zionist entity and the United States of America,” published in 1992.
“The Summary of the Political History of Palestine,” published in 1996.
“Israel in Fifty Years” (3 parts), published in 2002.
“Mansour Nameh - An Episode from the Story of Damascus”, published in 2006.
“Paths of Lost”, published in 2002.
“Elegy for Serenity - A Biography”, published in 2008.
“Negligence - The Flaw in the Management of the Arab-Zionist Conflict,” published in 2009.
“Israel’s Strategic Security,” published in 2009.
“The Israeli-Arab Wars”, published in 2009.
His death
Elias died in Damascus on January 26, 2013 AD, corresponding to Rabi’ al-Awwal 15, 1434 AH, at the age of 81, following a severe heart attack.
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