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List of Palestinian Christians

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List of Palestinian Christians

Further information on Palestinians: History of Palestinian nationality and Definitions of Palestinian

The following lists of Palestinian Christians are lists of notable Christians who either self-identified as Palestinian, or were referred to as Palestinian in reference of their origin or long-time residence being in the Palestine region, the designation being an endonym and exonym respectively.

First few centuries AD

Clergymen

Palestinian Catholics

Politicians

Journalists

Cultural figures

  • Ashraf Barhom – Christian actor from Tarshiha, northern Israel.
  • Edward Said – Palestinian literary theorist, cultural critic, political activist
  • Rosemarie Said Zahlan – historian and writer
  • George Antonius – founder of modern Arab nationalist history
  • Khalil Beidas – scholar, educator, translator and novelist during the Al-Nahda cultural renaissance
  • Khalil al-Sakakini – educator, scholar, poet, and Arab nationalist during the Al-Nahda cultural renaissance
  • Tawfiq Canaan – physician, researcher of Palestinian popular heritage
  • May Ziadeh – poet, essayist and translator during the Al-Nahda cultural renaissance
  • Elia Suleiman – Palestinian film maker and actor
  • Hanna Musleh – Palestinian film maker and university professor
  • Raja Shehadeh – lawyer and writer
  • Rifat Odeh Kassis – human rights activist
  • George Saliba – Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University, New York, United States
  • Rami George Khouri – journalist and editor
  • Hisham Zreiq – award-winning independent film maker, poet and visual artist
  • Ray Hanania – Palestinian-American journalist also known for his stand-up comedy[11]
  • Joseph Massad – Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University
  • Rim Banna – singer, composer, and arranger who is well known for her modern interpretations of traditional Palestinian folk songs
  • Amal Murkus – singer
  • Anton Shammas – essayist, writer of fiction and poetry and translator
  • Fady Andraos – singer and actor
  • Karl Sabbagh – Palestinian-British writer, journalist and television producer
  • Suleiman Mansour – Prominent Palestinian painter
  • Sabri Jiryis – writer and lawyer
  • Leila Sansour – film director
  • Makram Khoury – actor
  • Clara Khoury – actress
  • Kamal Boullata – artist & writer, Boulatta is the author of several studies on Palestinian art in particular, Palestinian Art (Saqi 2009) and Between Exits: Paintings by Hani Zurob (Black Dog 2012).
  • Steve Sabella – artist
  • Ibrahim Fawal – Palestinian American academic, former professor, and author of the historical novel On the Hills of God.
  • Widad Kawar – Palestinian ethnic and cultural art collector.
  • Basheer Nijim [ar] – Palestinian-American geographic.[12]
  • Lilli Karnik [ar] – Palestinian poet.[13]

Militants

  • Sirhan Sirhan – assassin of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy
  • Chris Bandak – Palestinian Christian militant and a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Tanzim, both armed wings of the Fatah movement, convicted and imprisoned in Israel until 2011.[14]
  • Wadie Haddad – Palestinian leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing. He was responsible for organizing several civilian airplane hijackings in support of the Palestinian cause in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • George Habash – founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
  • Luttif Afif, the commander of the Black September Organization (BSO) unit that carried out the 1972 Munich massacre, was reported to have at least a partial Christian background.
  • Nayef Hawatmeh, a leader of the Palestinian organization, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).
  • Daniel Saba George ("Abu Hamama"), who was also a senior Tanzim operative, was killed by Israel in 2006.[15][16][17]

Businesspeople

Activists

Canonized by the Catholic Church

Other

See also

References

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