Mamdouh Al Aker
Mamdouh Al Aker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
| Education | |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Institutions | |
| Sub-specialties | Urology |
| Research | Surgical urology |
Mamdouh Al Aker (born 1943) is a Palestinian physician and politician. He was part of several delegations in the meetings with Israel and served as a member of the Palestinian Higher Education Council between 1994 and 2018.
Early life and education
[edit]Al Aker was born in Nablus, Mandatory Palestine, in 1943.[1] He graduated from the Medical School of Cairo University in 1969.[1] During his university studies he was a member of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.[1]
Al Aker became a fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1977.[2] He received training in urology at King's College Hospital in London from 1979 to 1981.[2]
Career and activities
[edit]Following his graduation Al Aker worked in Kuwait as a physician between 1970 and 1973.[1] He continued his profession at Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem after completing his training in London.[2]
Al Aker was a member of the Palestinian delegation in the Peace Conference held in Madrid in October 1991 and in the following negotiations between Palestinians and Israel.[2][3] He was part of the Palestinian group who developed the Oslo Accords in 1993.[4] However, he left it due to the fact that the proposed agreement did not contain any item to stop Jewish settlements in the West Bank, to have a shared control over the Jerusalem municipality and to free all Palestinian prisoners arrested by Israel.[4] Because of these he became a critic of the [[Palestinian National Authority |Palestinian Authority]] (PA) in 1994 when it was founded.[1] He has also criticized the policies of Israel in the West Bank.[4] He was made a member of the Palestinian Higher Education Council in 1994 and held the post until August 2018.[2] He headed the PA's human rights organization in the 2000s.[5]
Al Aker was the vice president of the Birzeit University and was involved in the establishment of the first Palestinian Medical School at Al Quds University in 1995, being a member of its steering committee.[2] He is a consultant of urology at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem.[6]
Al Aker has been a member of various organizations.[7] He is the cofounder the Mandela Institute for Palestinian Political Prisoners and served as the vice president of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights.[4] He is the treasurer of the Ramallah-based Barenboim-Said Center for Music.[8]
Imprisonment
[edit]Al Aker was arrested by the Israeli forces several times. They accused him of having connections with the Palestinian resistance groups, and he was imprisoned in 1991 without any formal charge.[4] He was arrested in 2002 and imprisoned for 40 days in solitary confinement.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Michael R. Fischbach (2005). "al-Aker, Mamdouh". In Philip Mattar (ed.). Encyclopedia of The Palestinians (Revised ed.). New York: Facts On File, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 978-0816057641.
- ^ a b c d e f "Dr Mamdouh Al-Aker". Cambridge Centre for Palestine Studies. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Frank T. Csongos (11 December 1991). "No breakthrough in Mideast peace talks". United Press International. Washington. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Kathryn Kingsbury (21 November 2002). "Palestinian Doctor Tells of Israeli Abuses". The Capital Times. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Dimitris Bouris; Stuart Reigeluth (2012). "Introducing the Rule of Law in Security Sector Reform: European Union Policies in the Palestinian Territories". Hague Journal on the Rule of Law. 4 (1): 192. doi:10.1017/S1876404512000103.
- ^ "Surgical Department". Augusta Victoria Hospital. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "National Commission for Justice to Nizar Bana was announced". Palestine News Network. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Barenboim-Said Center for Music. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- 20th-century Palestinian physicians
- 20th-century Palestinian politicians
- 21st-century Palestinian physicians
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
- People from Nablus
- Cairo University alumni
- Alumni of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
- Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Palestinian surgeons
- Urologists
- Academic staff of Birzeit University
- Academic staff of Al-Quds University
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members
- Palestinian people imprisoned by Israel
- Palestinian democracy activists