Shafik Hout
Shafik Hout , Arabic شفيق الحوت Schafiq al-Hut , DMG Šafīq al-Ḥūt , also Shafiq al-Hout or Shafik al-Hut (born January 13, 1932 in Jaffa ; † August 2, 2009 in Beirut ), was a co-founder of the PLO and a long-time member of the organization. He was a close advisor to Yasser Arafat until a dispute over the Oslo Accords.
In 1948 he and his family had to flee to Lebanon . He studied at the American University in Beirut. After a short time in Kuwait , he returned to Beirut in 1958. Since 1964 he was editor-in-chief of al-Hawadeth magazine. Shafik Hout took an active part in founding the PLO. From 1964 to 2004 he was the organization's representative in Lebanon. Between 1974 and 1993 he was a member of the PLO delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York. He was a member of the Palestinian National Council and was part of its executive committee. After the Oslo Accords was signed in 1993, Al-Hout resigned from the Executive Committee in protest.
Publications
- The Left and Arab Nationalism . (1959) Cairo . (in Arabic)
- The Palestinian between Diaspora and State (1977) Beirut . (in Arabic)
- Moments of History (1986) Jeddah (in Arabic)
- Twenty Years with the PLO: Memoirs (1986) Beirut. (in Arabic)
- Gaza-Jericho Agreement First: The Inadmissible Agreement (1994) Beirut. (in Arabic)
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| SURNAME | Shafik Hout |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shafiq al-Hout, Shafik al-Hut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian politician, co-founder of the PLO |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jaffa |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 2009 |
| Place of death | Beirut |