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Bassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980

Taken in 1980, this photograph shows a part of the visit of Bassam Shakaa, mayor of Nablus, to France at the invitation of the French President Valery d'Estaing, in the wake of the Israeli Occupation Authorities' attempt to assassinate Shakaa in the same year. It also shows Shakaa, third from the right, and to his right Ahmad Abdoun, director of the Office of the League of Arab States in Paris, during a press conference at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris.

Date created

1980

COLLECTIONS

The Bassam Shakaa Collection

Bassam Shakaa Sub-collection 1: Photographs

Tags

Bassam Shak'a Mayors Nablus Municipality Nablus Municipal Council Assassinations Travel for Treatment Press Release Arab Nationalism Hotel Journalist French Journalism Journalism and Media Journalism Press

Topics

Political Movement and mobilization Resistance and Struggle Social and Institutional Activism Women

TYPE

Still Image

LOCATION

Paris

More details

Format

Black-and-white photographs

Source of Description

Al-Shak'a, Bassam. Al-Fassed, Enaya. "The Bassam al-Shak'a Collection". Interview with PMDA Researcher Wijdan Samarah. 2015. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. Ozrail, Samar. "The Bassam al-Shak'a Collection". Archival Inventory. August 2019. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.

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0050.01.0319
Bassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980

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Bassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980
Bassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980