Fathi Shaqaqi
| Fathi Shaqaqi فتحي الشقاقي |
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| Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine | |
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In office 1981–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ramadan Shalah |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Fathi Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Shaqaqi 1951 Rafah, Gaza Strip |
| Died | 26 October 1995 (aged 44) Sliema, Malta |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Damascus, Syria |
| Alma mater |
Birzeit University (B.Math.) Mansoura University (M.D.) |
| Profession |
Mathematician Pediatrician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Fathi Shaqaqi (Arabic: فتحي الشقاقي; 1951 – 26 October 1995) was the co-founder and Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
Fathi Shaqaqi was born to a refugee family of eight children in the slum of Shubeira in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. His family was originally from Zarnuqa near Ramlah, where they had lived for generations and his grandfather had served as the Imam of the local mosque. The Shaqaqi family fled Zarnuqa during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in fear of Israeli massacres, and were not permitted to return. His mother died when he was fifteen. Fathi Shaqaqi's brother Khalil, after teaching in several universities in the United States, Kuwait and Bahrain, moved after the Oslo Peace Accords to the West Bank and is founding director of the Nablus-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, established in 1993.
Most of his early education was at the local United Nations school. He attended Bir Zeit University on the West Bank, where he studied physics and mathematics. In 1970–1974, he taught mathematics at a school for orphans in East Jerusalem. In 1974 he moved to Egypt to study medicine at Mansoura University, specializing in pediatrics. Upon receiving his medical degree in 1981, he worked in a general practice at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. He later openend a medical clinic in Gaza.
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