Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā

Palestinian nationalist
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Also known as: Muṣṭafā al-Zibrī, Mustafa az-Zibri
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Byname of:
Muṣṭafā al-Zibrī
Born:
1938, ʿArrābah, Palestine [West Bank]
Died:
August 27, 2001, Ramallah, West Bank (aged 63)

Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā (born 1938, ʿArrābah, Palestine [West Bank]—died August 27, 2001, Ramallah, West Bank) was a Palestinian nationalist who was a cofounder (1967) and secretary-general (2000–01) of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a radical faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Born Muṣṭafā al-Zibrī, he later took the nom de guerre Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā. As a young man he joined George Habash’s Arab National Movement, and in 1967 he and Habash formed the Marxist-oriented PFLP, based in Damascus, Syria. The PFLP, which staunchly rejected PLO peace talks with Israel, was widely accused of orchestrating terrorist ...(100 of 144 words)