Georges hakim biography
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Habash, George (1925–)
Palestinian resistance leader George Habash (also known as "al-Hakim," the Doctor) has played a significant role in Palestinian politics since helping to found the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM) in 1951.
He went on to found the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Habash was born 26 August 1925 in al-Lidd (also called Lydda or, in Hebrew, Lod), Palestine, a medium-sized city in the coastal area east of Jaffa.
Georges hakim biography
Habash grew up in a Palestinian Greek Orthodox family; his father was a storeowner. Al-Lidd was a largely Arab city with both Muslim and Christian inhabitants. The British Mandate census estimates from 1944 give the total population as 16,780, of whom 14,910 were Muslim, 1,840 were Christian, 20 were Jewish, and 10 were other religions.
During the 1948 War, al-Lidd and its sister city al-Ramla were occupied and their inhabitants expelled by Israeli forces on 13-14 July 1948 (during Ramadan, the Muslim month o