NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of socialists from the Middle East and North Africa

Ferhat Abbas was born in Douar Chemala near Jijel, Algeria on 24 October 1899 and died on 23 December 1985. ... Hocine AÃ¯t Ahmed Hocine Ait Ahmed (born 20 August 1926 in Ain El Hammam, Kabylie) is an Algerian politician. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Ahmed Ben Bella Mohamed Ahmed Ben Bella (Muhammad Ahmad Bin Balla) (Arabic: ) (born December 25, 1918?, Maghnia, Algeria) was the first President of Algeria, and seen by many as the Father of the Nation. ... Bold textItalic textlink title Headline text Media:Example. ... Houari Boumédiènne (original name Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba) (August 23, 1932 - December 27, 1978) was President of Algeria from 19 June 1965 to 27 December 1978 (Chairman of the Revolutionary Council until 12 December 1976). ... Messali Hadj (Ù…ØµØ§Ù„ÙŠ Ø§Ù„ØØ§Ø¬) was the founder of the Mouvement National AlgÃ©rien, an early Algerian nationalist group and rival of the Front de LibÃ©ration Nationale. ... Hadjeres Sadek is an Algerian communist born in 1928 in Larbaa Nath Irathen, Algeria. ... Louisa (or Louiza) Hanoune is head of Algerias Parti des Travailleurs (PT), or Workers Party. ... Full name Sail Mohamed Ameriane ben Amerzaine, born 14 October 1894, Kabylie, Algeria, died April 1953. ...

Egypt

Samir Amin (b. ... Henri Curiel (September 13, 1914 - May 4, 1978) was a political activist, founder of a communist organization in Egypt. ... Mohamed Hassanein Heikal (born 1923) is a leading Egyptian journalist. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: - ; Masri: Ø¬Ù…Ø§Ù„ Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§Ù„Ù†Ø§ØµØ± - also transliterated as Jamal Abd al-Naser, Jamal Abd an-Nasser and other variants; January 15, 1918 â€“ September 28, 1970) was the President of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. ... Nawal el-Saadawi (Arabic Nawal al-Sa3dÃ¢wi) (born October 27, 1931) is an Egyptian feminist writer and activist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Iran

Bozorg Alavi (Ø¨Ø²Ø±Ú¯ Ø¹Ù„ÙˆÛŒ in Persian) (February 2, 1904â€“February 18, 1997) was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mansoor Hekmat (original name Zhoobin Razani, 1951-2002) was an Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement. ... Bijan Jazani Bijan Jazani (Persian: بيژن جزني) (insert date, 1938 _ April 19, 1975) the Iranian intellectual was born in Tehran, Iran. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Iraq

Abdul Salam Arif (1921, Baghdad - April 13, 1966), president of Iraq (1963-1966). ... Al-Bayyati, who passed much of his life in urban cafÃ©s. ... Abdul Rahman Munif (1933 - January 24, 2004) was one of the most important Arabic novelists of the 20th century. ... Hamid Majid Mousa was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United Statess 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Husain al-Radi (born 1924, Najaf â€“ died 24 February 1963, Baghdad), also known as Hashiim, Ammar, and Salam Adil, was an Iraqi Communist politician as well as a poet and painter. ... Barham Salih conducting a press conference at The Pentagon, September 14, 2006. ... Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: / Celal TalebanÃ® / Jelal TalebanÃ Arabic: , ) (born 1933), is an Iraqi politician, who was elected State President of Iraq on April 6, 2005, (sworn in the next day, April 7, and once again on April 22, 2006, by the Iraqi National Assembly. ... Saadi Youssef (born 1934 in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi author, poet, journalist, publisher and political activist. ... Yusuf Salman Yusuf (aka Comrade Fahd, 1901-1949) was a prominent leader of the Iraqi Communist Party. ...

Israel

Uri Avnery (Hebrew: , also transliterated Uri Avneri, born September 10, 1923 in Beckum, Germany as Helmut Ostermann), is a German Jewish-born Israeli journalist, left-wing peace activist, and former Knesset member, who was originally a member of the right-wing Revisionist Zionist movement. ... Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×Öµ×”×•Ö¼×“ ×‘Ö¸Ö¼×¨Ö¸×§) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ... (October 16, 1886 â€“ December 1, 1973; Hebrew: ) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ... Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (November 24, 1884, Poltava, Ukraine - April 23, 1963, Jerusalem, Israel) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving Israeli president (1952 - 1963). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Moshe Dayan (â€Ž, born 20 May 1915, died 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. ... â–¶(?) (Hebrew ×œÖµ×•Ö´×™ ×Ö¶×©Ö°××›Ö¼×•Ö¹×œ ) (Born Levi Skolnick) (Hebrew ×œÖµ×•Ö´×™ ×©Ö°××§×•Ö¹×œÖ°× Ö´×™×§) (October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), was the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death of a heart attack in 1969. ... Haika Grossman (â€Ž) (born 20 November 1919, died 26 May 1996) was an Israeli politician and member of Knesset. ... Emile Habibi (August, 1921 - May 3, 1996) was a Palestinian-Israeli writer and politician. ... Golda Meir (â€Ž, born Golda Mabovitz, May 3, 1898 - December 8, 1978), known as Golda Meyerson from 1917-1956, was one of the founders of the State of Israel. ... Shmuel Mikunis (born August 10, 1903 in the Ukraine; died May 20, 1982) was an Israeli communist politician and member of the Knesset from the first Knesset in 1949 to 1973. ... Amos Oz, November 7 2004 Amos Oz (born May 4, 1939), birth name Amos Klausner, is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Amir Peretz (Hebrew: ×¢×ž×™×¨ ×¤×¨×¥; born March 9, 1952) is an Israeli politician and Defense Minister of Israel. ... For other persons named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ... Toma Åœik (pronounced shick) (SchÃ¼ck TamÃ¡s, Schuck Tamas) (17 August 1939 - 13 July 2004) was a Hungarian-Israeli peace activist, anarchist, libertarian socialist, vegan, world citizen, pioneer of the Israeli-Palestinian search for peace and actively involved in many struggles. ... Stamp with Snehs picture Moshe Sneh (born January 6, 1909 in Poland; died March 1, 1972) was an Israeli politician and one of the founders of Mapam, a left-wing group which later merged into the Israeli Communist Party. ... Yosef Sprinzak (â€Ž, born 8 December 1885, died 28 January 1959) was a leading Zionist activist in the first half of the 20th century, an Israeli politician, and the first Speaker of the Knesset, a role he held from 1949 until his death in 1959. ... Esther Vilenska (â€Ž, born born 8 June 1918, died 8 November 1974) was an Israeli communist politician, journalist and author. ... Meir Vilner (birth name: Ber Kovner; born October 13, 1918 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then Poland); died June 5, 2003) was an Israeli communist politician and Jewish leader of Arab Israeli Communist Party, also known as Maki, which consisted primarily of Arabs. ... Tawfiq Ziad (Arabic: , â€Ž, also spelt Tawfik Zayyad, 7 May 1929 â€“ 5 July 1994) was an Israeli Arab, well-known for his poetry of protest. Born in the Galilee, Zayyad studied literature in Russia. ...

Lebanon

George Hawi (1938 â€“ June 21, 2005) was a Lebanese politician and former secretary general of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) His nickname durig the war was Abou Anis. He was assassinated in 2005. ... Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: ÙƒÙ…Ø§Ù„ Ø¬Ù†Ø¨Ù„Ø§Ø·; (December 6, 1917 â€“ March 16, 1977) was an important Lebanese politician. ... Picture of Walid Jumblatt Walid Jumblatt (Arabic: ÙˆÙ„ÙŠØ¯ Ø¬Ù†Ø¨Ù„Ø§Ø·â€Ž) (born August 7, 1949) is the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon and the most prominent leader of the Druze community. ...

Libya

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi 1 â€” pronounced Gaddafi â€” (Arabic: Ù…Ø¹Ù…Ø± Ø§Ù„Ù‚Ø°Ø§ÙÙŠ ) (born c. ...

Morocco

Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 in Rabat â€“ disappeared 1965 in Paris) was a Moroccan politician. ... Abraham Serfaty is an internationally prominent Moroccan dissident, militant, and political activist, who has been imprisoned for years by King Hassan II of Morocco, for his political actions in favor of democracy and developmentâ€™s regime, during the Years of Lead. ... Ali Yata was a Moroccan communist leader. ... Abderrahmane Youssoufi (Arabic: Ø¹Ø¨Ø¯ Ø§Ù„Ø±ØÙ…Ù† Ø§Ù„ÙŠÙˆØ³ÙÙŠ) (born March 8, 1924) is a Moroccan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Morocco from 1998 to 2002. ...

Palestine

Abu Ali Mustafa (Arabic:Ø§Ø¨Ùˆ Ø¹Ù„ÙŠ Ù…ØµØ·ÙÙ‰), dates (1938 to August 27, 2001), the nom de guerre of Mustafa Zibri, was a Palestinian leader and was general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces the following year. ... Abu Nidal in 1976 in a photograph released by the Israeli Defense Forces, one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist. ... Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ... Bashir Barghuthi (1931-2000?) was a Palestinian Communist and journalist. ... Hanna Batatu (born 1926, Jerusalem â€“ died 24 June 2000, Winsted, Connecticut) was a Palestinian historian specialising in the history of the modern Arab east. ... Maher Charif (Arabic: Ù…Ø§Ù‡Ø± Ø§Ù„Ø´Ø±ÙŠÙ, transliterated Mahir ash-Sharif) is a Palestinian Marxist historian specialising in modern Arab intellectual history and the history of Arab political movements. ... Tony Cliff (May 20, 1917 â€“ May 9, 2000) was a Trotskyist revolutionary activist. ... Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: ; born 1941 in Al-Birwah, British Mandate of Palestine) is a contemporary Palestinian poet and writer of prose. ... George Habash (Arabic Ø¬ÙˆØ±Ø¬ ØØ¨Ø´) (born August 2, 1926 in Lod), sometimes known by his nom de guerre Al-Hakim, Ø§Ù„ØÙƒÙŠÙ…, meaning the doctor, is a Palestinian politician, formerly a militant, and the founder and former Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... Naif Hawatmeh Naif Hawatmeh (kunya Abu an-Nuf, b. ... Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril (born 1928) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), part of the left-wing, secular Palestinian rejectionist front, so-called because they reject proposals for a peaceful settlement with Israel. ... Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani (ØºØ³Ø§Ù† ÙƒÙ†ÙØ§Ù†ÙŠ, born April 9, 1936 in Acre, Palestine - died July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Palestinian writer and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... Fuad Nassar (b. ... Jabra Nicola (1912–1974) was a Palestinian Trotskyist leader, the author of numerous articles and pamphlets who also translated some of the classics of Marxism into Arabic. ... Edward Wadie SaÃ¯d (Arabic: , ; 1 November 1935 â€“ 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist. ... Leila Khaled in the 1970s Leila Khaled (Arabic: ; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... Ahmad Saadat (also transliterated from Arabic as Ahmed Sadat/Saadat) is a Palestinian politician, and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). ... Mustafa Barghouti Mustafa Barghouti (also often written Mustafa Barghouthi, Mustafa Al Barghuthi, Dr Barghuthi; born 1954) is a Palestinian democracy activist. ... Khalida Kanan Muhammad Jarrar is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Legislative Council. ...

Syria

Michel â€˜Aflaq Michel â€˜Aflaq (1910 - June 23, 1989) was the ideological founder of Baâ€™athism, a form of Arab nationalism. ... Dr Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: , ) (born 11 September 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary of the Baath Party, and the son of former President Hafez al-Assad. ... Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: ) (October 6, 1930 â€“ June 10, 2000) was president of Syria for three decades. ... Noureddin Mustafa al-Atassi (1930-1992) (Arabic: Ù†ÙˆØ± Ø§Ù„Ø¯ÙŠÙ† Ù…ØµØ·ÙÙ‰ Ø§Ù„Ø£ØªØ§Ø³ÙŠ) was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970. ... Khalid Bakdash (born 1912, died 1995; occasionally spelled Khalid Bagdash) was the leader of the Syrian Communist Party (SCP) from 1936 until his death. ... Salah al-Din al-Bitar (born Damascus 1912, died Paris 21 July 1980), was a Syrian politician who, with Michel Aflaq, founded the Arab Bath Party in the early 1940s. ... Akram al-Hawrani (arabic:Ø£ÙƒØ±Ù… Ø§Ù„ØÙˆØ±Ø§Ù†ÙŠ) (born Hama 1912, died Jordan 1996), was a Syrian politician who played a prominent role in the formation of a widespread populist, nationalist movement in Syria and in the rise of the Bath Party. ... Salah Jadid (1926? - 1993) was a Syrian general and political figure in the Bath Party. ... Riyad al-Turk (born 1930 in Homs) is a Syrian communist leader, former political prisoner, and prominent supporter of democracy. ...

Tunisia

Habib Bourguiba - 1980 Habib Ben Ali Bourguiba (Arabic: ØØ¨ÙŠØ¨ Ø¨ÙˆØ±Ù‚ÙŠØ¨Ø©) (born August 3, 1903 in Monastir, Tunisia â€“ died April 6, 2000) was a Tunisian statesman and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 to November 7, 1987. ... GisÃ¨le Halimi (born 1927) is a Tunisian lawyer, activist, and author. ...

Turkey

DoÄŸu PerinÃ§ek (born June 17, 1942 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish politician of Turkeys nationalist socialist left, leader of Turkeys Workers Party, former chairman of the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey. ... Ibrahim Kaypakkaya was a leader of the Turkish communist movement. ... UlaÅŸ BardakÃ§Ä± (1947-1972) socialist revolutionary and a founding member of communist organisation THKP-C in Turkey. ... Deniz GezmiÅŸ (February 27, 1947 AyaÅŸ - May 6, 1972 Ankara) was one of the most important militants, founders and leaders of revolutionary movement that developed in Turkey after 1965s. ... NazÄ±m Hikmet Ran (IPA:nazÉ¨m hikmet) (November 20, 1901 â€“ June 3, 1963) was a Turkish poet, dramatist and communist, who is widely regarded as the best-known Turkish poet in the West and his works have been translated into several languages. ... YaÅŸar Kemal (born Kemal SadÄ±k GÃ¶kÃ§eli) is one of the best known writers in Turkey. ... Dursun KarataÅŸ is the founder and leader of the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey. ... Mehmet Ali Aybar (1908 in Istanbul - 1995) was an International lawyer, Member of Turkish Parliament, First President of the Workers Party of Turkey (TÄ°P), Founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party and Member of The International War Crimes Tribunal against war crimes of USA in Vietnam (also called... Bedreddin was a revolutionary sheikh from Anatolia. ... Ä°smail Bilen (1902-1983 in Berlin) was a Turkish politician. ... Behice Boran was the leader of the socialist Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) from 1970 until her death in 1987; she was Turkeys first female political party leader. ... Mustafa BÃ¼lent Ecevit (May 28, 1925â€“November 5, 2006; pronounced ), was a Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist. ... Ethem Nejat (1883 - 28 January 1921) was a Turkish revolutionary communist militant. ... Aziz Nesin (December 20, 1915â€”July 6, 1995) was a popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. ... Abdullah Ã–calan This image is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Mehmet Ufuk Uras (b. ... Mustafa Suphi was a Turkish socialist leader. ...

Yemen

Categories: Articles lacking sources from July 2006 | All articles lacking sources Abd al-Fattah Ismail (1939-1986) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Peoples Council, head of state of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen, from 21 December 1978 to 21 April 1980 when he went into exile. ... Ali Nasir Muhammad (b. ... Jarallah Omar Jarallah Omar al-Kuhali (born 1942 in Kuhal, Ibb province – died 28 December 2002) was a Yemeni politician, intellectual, and guerrilla fighter. ... Salim Ali Rubayyi (1935-1978) was the head of state of South Yemen from 1969 to his death in 1978. ...

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