Rawya Shawa
Rawya Shawa | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1996–2017 | |
| Constituency | Gaza |
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| Born | December 1944 Gaza City, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 3 July 2017 Gaza City |
Rawya Rashad Said al-Shawa (
Arabic: راوية الشوا, December 1944 – 3 July 2017) was a Palestinian journalist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Council
in 1996.
Biography
Shawa was born in the
the American University in Cairo in 1964,[2] she worked as a journalist for the al-Nahar al-Maqdasiya and al-Quds newspapers.[citation needed
]
In the
Independent Palestine list.[2]
She died in al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on 3 July 2017.[4]
References
- ^ وفاة النائب راوية الشوا Shasha
- ^ a b Shawa, Rawya Rashad (1948-2017) PASSIA
- ^ The Political Participation of Palestinian Women in Official and Non-Official Organizations in Limited Horizon ICSR
- ^ Death of MP Rawia Shawa after struggling with the disease Palestinian Legislative Council
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