Izzat Ghazzawi
Born4 December 1951
Deir al-Ghusun, Tulkarm Governorate
Died4 April 2003(2003-04-04) (aged 51)
OccupationProfessor at Birzeit University
AwardsSakharov Prize (2001)

Izzat Ghazzawi (Arabic: عزت الغزاوي, romanized: ʻIzzat al-Ghazzāwī; 4 December 1951 – 4 April 2003) was a Palestinian writer born in Deir al-Ghusun, which was under Jordanian rule, in Tulkarm Governorate.[1] He wrote about the sufferings of the Palestinian people and was arrested many times by Israeli authorities for "political activities".[2] He was a professor at Birzeit University and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2001; together with the Israeli writer Abraham B. Yehoshua and the Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, he published book on relations between the Palestinians and the Israelis.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought (Brochure)" (PDF). European Parliament. 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  2. ^ "20 years of the Sakharov Prize". European Parliament. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ^ "The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2001" (PDF). European Parliament. Retrieved 21 December 2010.


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