Fadwa Barghouti
Palestinian lawyer (born 1963)
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Fadwa Al-Barghouti (Arabic: فدوى البرغوثي; born 15 May 1963), also known by the kunya Umm Al-Qassam (أم القسام), is a Palestinian lawyer and member of the Fatah council. The wife of politician Marwan Barghouti, who is currently held in Israeli prison for murder, she holds a master's degree in law in 2003 from Al-Quds University, and holds a bachelor's degree in law from Beirut University in 1997.[1][2]
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فدوى البرغوثي | |
Fadwa Barghouti at Fête de l'Humanité 2014 | |
| Born | 15 May 1963 Kobar, Ramallah, Jordanian-annexed West Bank |
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| Children | 4, including Arab Barghouti |
| Relatives | Nadeen Ayoub (ex–daughter-in-law) |
In 2009, she won and became a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council after elections held during the Sixth Congress of Fatah in Bethlehem.[3] On 4 December 2016, she won again as a member of the council.[citation needed]
Fadwa Al-Barghouti will run in the upcoming legislative elections in Palestine on an independent list called "Freedom."[4][5]