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Person · Spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation from the Madrid conference of 1991; member of the PLO Executive Committee, 2009–2020
1946–
Born in Nablus on 8 October 1946, she founded the Department of English at Birzeit University and was dean of its Faculty of Arts from 1986 to 1995. After the Madrid peace conference of October 1991 she was the official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation headed by Haydar Abd al-Shafi, through the negotiations that followed in Washington. In January 1996 she was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council for Jerusalem; in 2009 she was elected to the PLO’s Executive Committee, heading its Culture and Information Department until she resigned in November 2020.
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Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi
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On 30 October 1991 a peace conference opened in Madrid under American and Soviet sponsorship. Palestinians took part within a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation, their side headed by Haydar Abd al-Shafi; talks followed on a Palestinian-Israeli and a Jordanian-Israeli track.
Official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation headed by Haydar Abd al-Shafi
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonHanan Ashrawi was born in PlaceNablus
Role: Born here: 8 October 1946, Nablus
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s header: born 8 October 1946, Nablus
Evidence version:palquest-ashrawi-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonHanan Ashrawi participated in EventThe Madrid peace conference
Role: Official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation headed by Haydar Abd al-Shafi
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (biography by Maher Charif).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The paragraph on the Madrid conference of late October 1991 and the negotiations in Washington
Evidence version:palquest-ashrawi-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.