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Shaw Dallal
شو دلال
Born
Shawkat Jamil Dallal
شوكت جميل دلال

25 October 1931
Died3 July 2016(2016-07-03) (aged 84)
New Hartford, New York, United States
Alma materAl-Fadiliya School [ar]
Occupation(s)writer, professor
FamilyShakeeb Dallal (brother)

Shawkat Jamil Dallal (25 October 1931 – 3 July 2016) was a Palestinian-American author, professor, and human rights activist.[1] He was the younger brother of Shakeeb Dallal and the son of Jamil H. Dallal, who was active in the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine. His novels include "Scattered like Seeds" and "The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley".

Early life and education[edit]

Dallal, the youngest of eight children, was born in Tulkarm city, British Mandatory Palestine, on October 25, 1931.[citation needed] He studied at Al Fadiliyeh High School in Tulkarm and at St. George High School in Jerusalem. His family farmed.[2]

He completed his studies at Cornell in 1959 with a doctorate of jurisprudence.[3]

Career[edit]

From 1991 to 2004, he was an adjunct professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Obituary". Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Brandabur, Clare. "Voices From Exile: Two Novels Of Palestinian History." Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures 13.1 (2002): 81. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
  3. ^ Brandabur, Clare. "Voices From Exile: Two Novels Of Palestinian History." Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures 13.1 (2002): 81. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
  4. ^ Dallal, Shaw. "Colgate Directory." Shaw Dallal. Colgate, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.