Ziad Abu-Amr is associate professor of political science at Birzeit University in the West Bank, specializing in Palestinian politics and Islamic movements. His publications include Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza: Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic JihadĀ (1994). In January 1996, he was elected to the new Palestinian Council as an independent.
July 1996, Volume 7, Issue 3
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