Palestinian Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, founder of the Arab Nationalist Movement and its successor, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Born in Al-Lid (currently Lod) and educated in medicine at the American University of Beirut, he returned to Al-Lid shortly before the Nakba, and experienced it firsthand. He became a refugee in Jordan along with his family, eventually founding the PFLP there, and going on to fight against Israel-backed fascist militias in Lebanon. He retired as chairman in 2000 and died in Amman in 2008. He earned the moniker “Al-Hakim”, a word which both means “The Wise One” and “The Doctor”, owing to his medical background and the high esteem he is still held in.
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