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Leila Khaled

Activist b. 1944

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Leila Khaled is a Palestinian political activist and former militant who joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after its founding in 1967. Born in Haifa in 1944, she became internationally known for her participation in two airplane hijackings in 1969 and 1970. Before that, she joined the Arab Nationalist Movement and worked as an English teacher in Kuwait.

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Activism Belonging Displacement Exile Identity Migration Rebellion Reform Risk Trauma Violence War

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“I made it from the pin of a hand grenade - from the first grenade I ever used in training.”

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Activism Rebellion Risk Trauma Violence War

“Until then, the world only dealt with us as refugees.”

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Belonging Displacement Exile Identity Migration Reform