Izzat Ghazzawi
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Izzat Ghazzawi | |
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عزت الغزاوي | |
Born | 4 December 1951 Deir al-Ghusun, Tulkarm Governorate |
Died | 4 April 2003 | (aged 51)
Occupation | Professor at Birzeit University |
Awards | Sakharov Prize (2001) |
Izzat Ghazzawi (Arabic: عزت الغزاوي, romanized: ʻIzzat al-Ghazzāwī; 4 December 1951 – 4 April 2003) was a Palestinian writer born in Deir al-Ghusun, which was under Jordanian rule, in Tulkarm Governorate.[1] He wrote about the sufferings of the Palestinian people and was arrested many times by Israeli authorities for "political activities".[2] He was a professor at Birzeit University and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2001; together with the Israeli writer Abraham B. Yehoshua and the Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, he published book on relations between the Palestinians and the Israelis.[3]
References
- ^ "Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought (Brochure)" (PDF). European Parliament. 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "20 years of the Sakharov Prize". European Parliament. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ "The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2001" (PDF). European Parliament. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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