Bayan al-Hout is a researcher, historian, and university professor who was born in Jerusalem. She is the author of several publications, including “Sabra and Shatila: September 1982”, “al-Qiyadat wa al-Muasassat as-Siyasiyya fi Filistin 1917-1948" (Political Leadership and Institutions in Palestine 1917-1948), "ash-Shaykh al-Mujahed Izzeddine al-Qassam fi Tarikh Filistin" (The Warrior Sheikh Izzeddine al-Qassam in Palestinian History), and "Filistin: al-Qadiyya, ash-Sha'b, al-Hadara: at-Tarikh as-Siyassi mn Ahd al-Kanaaniyyin hatta al-Qarn al-Ishrin- 1917" (Palestine: The Cause, the People, the Civilization: A Political History from the Canaanite Era to Twentieth Century (1917)).