0050.01.0374
The British Actress Vanessa Redgrave Visiting Bassam Shakaa, London, 1980

Taken in 1980, this photograph shows a part of the tour of Bassam Shakaa, mayor of Nablus, of Britain on the sidelines of his trip to the country for treatment, in the wake of the Israeli Occupation Authorities' attempt to assassinate him, leading to the amputation of his legs on 2 June of the same year. Shakaa appears in the photograph between his wife, Enaya al-Fassed, and the pro-Palestine British actress Vanessa Redgrave.

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1980

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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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0050.01.0374
The British Actress Vanessa Redgrave Visiting Bassam Shakaa, London, 1980

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