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    Mustafa Barghouti - Wikipedia

    • Mustafa Barghouti is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician who serves as General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI), also known as al-Mubadara. He has been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006 and is also a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council. In 2007 Bar… See more

    Early life and education

    Mustafa Barghouti was born on January 1st, 1954 in Jerusalem. His family is from Bani Zeid, a village about 15 miles northwest of Ramallah, Birzeit. He grew up in Ramallah and his father was the municipal e… See more

    Career and Political Life

    Returning home in 1978, Barghouti specialized in internal medicine and cardiology at Maqased Hospital in Jerusalem. At that time he was active in the Palestinian Communist Party. After the signing of the … See more

    Views

    Barghouti has criticized the PLO and Palestinian Authority for corruption. He supports non-violent resistance as the most effective means of overcoming Israeli occupation. According to a Reuters report, Barghouti "… See more

    Personal Life

    Barghouti is married to Rita Giacaman, professor of public health at the Institute of Community and Public Health at Birzeit University. His daughter, Dia Barghouti, is a doctoral candidate at the University of LondonSee more