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Journalist Daoud Kuttab

Born in Jerusalem, he was once a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. As the director of the Institute of

One of the most articulate and compelling voices in Middle East politics, Hanan Ashrawi is a legislator and the founder of

A prominent member of the Conservative Party in the Parliament of Denmark, Naser Khader was especially outspoken about the

Born in Jerusalem, the Blessed Mother Marie-Alphonsine was inspired by several apparitions of the Virgin Mary to set up the

A Canadian senator and a former holder of various ministries, de Bané was born in Haifa, Palestine (1938). His Lebanese

Tony Saca, the son of Palestinian immigrants, was elected President of El Salvador for a five-year term in 2004. A member of

Born in Lebanon, this retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player’s roots are Palestinian (specifically, in Haifa).

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Alia Baha ad-Din Touqan hailed from a prominent Palestinian family in Nablus. The third spouse of the

Born in Jerusalem (December 1912), Yusif Beidas began his banking career as a messenger and worked his way up to become one

St. Nicholas, of Greek extraction, had a reputation for putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him – thus