Memorials in Palestine
Palestine: 16 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, were laid to rest here, or came from Palestine
Memorial
Az al-Din Haddad
07/28/1970 – 05/15/2026
55 years
Military leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2025 (Commander-in-Chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades)
Memorial
Leila Shahid
07/13/1949 – 02/18/2026
76 years
Palestinian diplomat
Memorial
Anas al-Scharif
12/03/1996 – 08/10/2025
28 years
Palestinian journalist
Memorial
Rifʿat al-ʿArʿīr
09/23/1979 – 12/06/2023
44 years
Palestinian writer, Palestinian victim of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in December 2023
Memorial
Hiba Abu Nada
06/24/1991 – 10/20/2023
32 years
Palestinian poet and novelist
Memorial
Ahmad Qurai
03/26/1937 – 02/22/2023
85 years
Prime Minister of Palestine (2003 - 2006)
Memorial
Shireen Abu Akleh
04/03/1971 – 05/11/2022
51 years
Palestinian-American journalist
Memorial
Saeb Erekat
04/28/1955 – 11/10/2020
65 years
Palestinian diplomat
Memorial
Ramadan Shallah
01/01/1958 – 06/06/2020
62 years
Founder of PIJ
Memorial
Razan al-Najjar
09/13/1997 – 06/01/2018
20 years
Palestinian nurse and activist
Memorial
Rim Banna
12/08/1966 – 03/24/2018
51 years
Palestinian singer
Memorial
Vittorio Arrigoni
02/04/1975 – 04/15/2011
36 years
Italian activist
Memorial
Mahmud Darwisch
03/13/1941 – 08/09/2008
67 years
The national Palestinian poet, and author
Memorial
Jassir Arafat
08/04/1929 – 11/11/2004
75 years
Palestinian political leader (1929–2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority
Memorial
Fadwa Tuqan
03/01/1917 – 12/12/2003
86 years
Palestinien Poet
Memorial
Rachel Corrie
04/10/1979 – 03/16/2003
23 years
American anti-war and human rights activist