Barghouti family

Barghouti (other spellings Barghuthi, Barghouthi, or Al-Barghuthi) (classical Arabic: البرغوثي al-Barghūthī) is the surname of a prominent Palestinian family. Many members are involved in Palestinian politics and mainly come from Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate's most prominent towns of Deir Ghassanah, Aboud, Kobar and Bani Zeid.^{[citation needed]}

List of notable members

• Abd al-Jabir al-Barghouti, Palestinian commander of the Bani Zeid during the Peasants' revolt in Palestine
• Abd Allatif Barghouti (1928–2002), Palestinian writer and poet
• Abdullah Barghouti (born 1979), Palestinian leading commander in Hamas' armed wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
• Bashir Barghouti (1931–2000), Palestinian communist and journalist
• Hussein Barghouti (1954–2002), Palestinian poet
• Imad Barghouthi (born 1962), Palestinian astrophysicist and public figure, subject to several administrative detentions in Israeli prisons for his political statements, as well as one arrest by the Palestinian Authority.^[1]
• Marwan Barghouti (born 1958), Palestinian leader of Fatah, jailed by Israel during the Second Intifada
• Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian former labour minister of the Palestinian Authority
• Mourid Barghouti (born 1944–2021), Palestinian poet and writer
• Mustafa Barghouti (born 1954), Palestinian medical doctor and one state solution activist
• Omar Barghouti (born 1964), Palestinian activist and co-founder of the BDS movement
• Tamim al-Barghouti (born 1977), Palestinian poet and political scientist, son of Mourid Barghouti.
• Mariam Barghouti (born 1993), Palestinian writer and journalist

References

1. "Middle East Studies Association".