Shaw Dallal

Shaw Dallal
شو دلال
Born	Shawkat Jamil Dallal شوكت جميل دلال 25 October 1931 Tulkarm, British Mandate of Palestine
Died	3 July 2016(2016-07-03) (aged 84) New Hartford, New York, United States
Alma mater	Al-Fadiliya School [ar]
Occupation(s)	writer, professor
Family	Shakeeb Dallal (brother)

Shawkat Jamil Dallal (25 October 1931 – 3 July 2016) was a Palestinian-American author, professor, and human rights activist.[1] He was the younger brother of Shakeeb Dallal and the son of Jamil H. Dallal, who was active in the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine. His novels include "Scattered like Seeds" and "The Secret of Rose-Anne Riley".

Early life and education

Dallal, the youngest of eight children, was born in Tulkarm city, British Mandatory Palestine, on October 25, 1931.^[citation needed] He studied at Al Fadiliyeh High School in Tulkarm and at St. George High School in Jerusalem. His family farmed.[2]

He completed his studies at Cornell in 1959 with a doctorate of jurisprudence.[3]

Career

From 1991 to 2004, he was an adjunct professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.[4]

References

1. "Obituary". Observer-Dispatch. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. Brandabur, Clare. "Voices From Exile: Two Novels Of Palestinian History." Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures 13.1 (2002): 81. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
3. Brandabur, Clare. "Voices From Exile: Two Novels Of Palestinian History." Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures 13.1 (2002): 81. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
4. Dallal, Shaw. "Colgate Directory." Shaw Dallal. Colgate, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.