Fatima Bernawi
Fatima Bernawi | |
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فاطمة برناوي | |
Born | 1939 |
Died | (aged 83) Cairo, Egypt |
Resting place | Gaza City |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Fatima Mohammed Bernawi (1939 – 3 November 2022)
Background and early life
Bernawi was born in
Bernawi worked as a practical nurse for the Arab-American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia (ARAMCO)[8]
Political life
Of thirty-four Palestinian women whom Amal Kawar interviewed for her study Daughters of Palestine, Bernawi was one of only four who joined the resistance movement initially as a freedom fighter before becoming a political resistor. The others were Laila Khaled, Aisha Odeh, and Rasmiyeh Odeh.[9]
Attempted bombing and arrest
The attempted bombing incident occurred in October 1967 at the
Though sentenced to life in prison, Bernawi was released in a prisoner exchange in 1977 after having served 10 years.[6] She was deported, but returned to the political party Fatah, later serving as the first female chief of the Palestinian Female Police Corps in Gaza.[11] Later on, she married a former prisoner from Acre, Fawzi al-Nimr, who was released in May 1985.[12]
By 1996, she was "the highest ranking female in Fateh militia and... head of the women's section of the police in the Palestinian self-rule government in the Gaza Strip and Jericho".
On 28 May 2015, Bernawi was honoured by
Death in Egypt
On 3 November 2022, Bernawi died at "Palestine hospital" in Cairo, aged 83,[17][18] and was later buried in Gaza City on 6 November.[19]
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- ^ Fatima Bernawi, as quoted in Kawar, Amal. Daughters of Palestine (PDF). p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Courtney, Andrew. "Guardians of the Mosque: African Palestinians of Jerusalem" (PDF). p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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