Arabi Awwad
Arabi Musa Awwad | |
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Secretary of the West Bank section of the Jordanian Communist Party | |
In office 1967–? | |
General Secretary of the Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party | |
In office 1982–2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1928 Arab College in Jerusalem |
Profession | Politician, Arabic Literature Teacher |
Arabi Musa Awwad (1928 – 20 March 2015) (
Life
Awwad was born in Salfit.[2] He graduated from the Arab College in Jerusalem in 1947.[2]
He became a member of the
In 1955 he was included in the
He emerged as of the key leaders of the Palestinian National Front, which organized mass struggles inside the occupied territories.[6] Israeli authorities charged him with membership in the Communist Party.[4] He spent over a decade in Jordanian and Israeli prisons and detention centres.[2] Awwad was deported to Jordan on 10 December 1973 along with other PNF leaders.[2][7][8]
He was elected to the Palestinian National Council at its tenth session in Cairo in 1974, and included in the Palestinian Central Council.[1][2][9][10][11] Awwad represented the PNF in the PLO Unified Information Centre.[11] In 1979 he became a politburo member of the Jordanian Communist Party.[1]
In 1982 Awwad founded the Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party and became its general secretary.[5] The RPCP took part in the armed resistance against the Israeli invasion in Lebanon, Awwad's son Fahd Awwad was killed during the war.[1]
Awwad died in Amman, Jordan on 20 March 2015.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bayane al-Yaoume. عربي موسى عواد ..ثمانية عقود من النضال الصلب في سبيل حرية واستقلال وطنه وشعبه وأمته
- ^ a b c d e f g SANA. الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني الثوري ينعى أمينه العام عربي موسى عواد
- ISBN 978-0-89608-363-9.
- ^ a b Riyāḍ Najīb Rayyis; Dunia Nahas (1974). Guerrillas for Palestine. St. Martin's Press. p. 278.
- ^ a b c Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 29. Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait University, 1999. p. 66
- ISBN 0-691-02480-4.
- ISBN 978-3-921521-20-5.
- ISBN 0-253-34590-1.
- ISBN 978-1-136-28519-6.
- ^ International Documents on Palestine. Institute for Palestine Studies. 1979. p. 188.
- ^ a b ARR: Arab Report and Record. Economic Features, Limited. 1977. p. 376.