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Abu Nidal
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Palestinian militant, founder of Fatah (1937–2002)
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Abu Nidal, born Sabri Khalil al-Banna in Jaffa in 1937, was a male politician and citizen of Iraq and Palestine. He was educated at Cairo University and followed the Islamic worldview. He was a member of the Abu Nidal Organization. He died from a gunshot wound in Baghdad on August 16, 2002.
He is also known by the name Nazīh Abū Niḍāl and has authored fifteen works, including *Adab al-sujūn*, *al-Taḥawwulāt fī al-riwāyah al-ʻArabīyah*, and *Mudhakkirāt Abū Ibrāhīm al-Kabīr*. His writings are referenced by 387 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Adab al-sujūn
- al-Taḥawwulāt fī al-riwāyah al-ʻArabīyah
- Mudhakkirāt Abū Ibrāhīm al-Kabīr, Khalīl Muḥammad ʻĪsá ʻAjāk, al-qāʾid al-qisāmī li-thawrat 36-39
- Mudhakkirāt Nazīh Abū Niḍāl, min awrāq thawrah maghdūrah
- al-Kāshif
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,229x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,234x
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Key facts
- Born
- Sabri Khalil al-Banna , ( 1937-05-00 ) May 1937, Jaffa , Mandatory Palestine
- Died
- 16 August 2002 (2002-08-16) (aged 65), Baghdad , Ba'athist Iraq
- Resting place
- Al-Karakh Islamic cemetery, Baghdad
- Organization
- Fatah: The Revolutionary Council (known as the Abu Nidal Organization )
- Political party
- Ba'ath Party (1955–1967), Fatah (1967–1974), Fatah Revolutionary Council (1974–2002)
- Movement
- Rejectionist Front
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Encyclopedic overview
Sabri Khalil al-Banna (Arabic: صبري خليل البنا; May 1937 – 16 August 2002), known by his nom de guerre Abu Nidal ("father of struggle"), was a Palestinian militant. He was the founder of Fatah: The Revolutionary Council (Arabic: فتح المجلس الثوري), a militant Palestinian splinter group more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). Abu Nidal formed the ANO in October 1974 after splitting from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Abu Nidal is believed to have ordered attacks in 20 countries, killing over 300 and injuring over 650 while acting as a freelance contractor. The group's operations included the Rome and Vienna airport attacks on 27 December 1985, when gunmen opened fire on passengers in simultaneous shootings at El Al ticket counters, killing 20. At the height of its militancy in the 1970s and 1980s, the ANO was widely regarded as the most ruthless of the Palestinian groups. Palestinian leadership long suspected that Israeli Mossad had infiltrated the ANO, with Abu Nidal himself allegedly having been on the CIA payroll.
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