Dr. Mustafa Barghouti : PALESTINE: A CHALLENGE TO HUMANITY

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi (MD, MSc.) is an active participant in the building

of a democratic Palestinian civil society and is one of the most

prominent leaders in the Palestinian struggle.

An opinion leader in Palestine, he is the Secretary of the Palestinian

National Initiative, or Mubadara, a recently established democratic

opposition movement in Palestinian domestic politics, co-founded along with

Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Mr. Ibrahim Dakak and Dr. Edward Said.

Dr. Barghouthi was a delegate to the Madrid Peace negotiations initiated in

1991, and a member of the Steering Committee of the technical committee that

prepared the establishment of various Palestinian ministries. He has been

recognized as the most active grassroots leader in Palestine and remains a

leading figure in Palestinian civil society, working extensively in the field of Democratization. He has successfully contributed to the implementation of various laws in the Palestinian Legislative Council.