Kamal Abdulfattah (born February 9, 1943, in

Umm al-Fahm Umm al-Fahm ( , ''Umm al-Faḥm''; ''Um el-Faḥem'') is a city located northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In its population was , nearly all of whom are Palestinian citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm ...

– died January 27, 2023, in

Jenin Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administra ...

) was a Palestinian geographer and researcher.

Biography

Abdulfattah studied at the

Damascus University Damascus University () is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University () through the merger of the Faculty of Medicine of Dama ...

. After completing his studies, he obtained a Ph.D. in geography from

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...

in 1980. Beginning in 1978, Abdulfattah taught as an teaching assistant at department of Middle Eastern studies at

Birzeit University Birzeit University () is a public university in the West Bank, Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as a charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mini ...

. In 1980, become dean at faculty of Arts at

. In the following years, he established the Geography department at the university.

Notable works

* * ''Mountain farmer and fellah in Asir Southwest Saudi Arabia: The conditions of agriculture in a traditional society''. Erlangen, Germany. 1981.

Awards

* for Arab scientists in social sciences, 1983. * Palestine Award for social sciences, 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulfattah, Kamal 1943 births 2023 deaths Academic staff of Birzeit University Arab geographers People from Umm al-Fahm Palestinian scientists