Dyab Abou Jahjah
Arab political activist and writer (born 1971)
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- Dyab Abou Jahjah (Arabic: دياب أبو جهجه , romanized: Diyāb Abū Jahjah ; born 24 June 1971) is a Lebanese political activist and writer.
- Personal life Abou Jahjah was born and grew up in southern Lebanon in Hanin, near the border with Israel.
- He gained refugee status in 1996 and became a Belgian citizen through marriage to a Belgian woman, from whom he much later divorced.
- Boujdaine is the sister of Saida from the book Saida , written by De Standaard journalist, Tom Naegels and is a partner in a new organisation, Safe Have Aid, established by Dyab Abou Jahjah and his brother.
- He was also the subject of two political biographies, one written by Mohammed Benzakour and the other by Maroun Labaki, and a political analysis book written by the Belgian communist writer Ludo De Witte.
Dyab Abou Jahjah (Arabic: دياب أبو جهجه, romanized: Diyāb Abū Jahjah; born 24 June 1971) is a Lebanese political activist and writer. He is the co-founder of Hind Rajab Foundation and its parent organization, the March 30 Movement, as well as the former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe.
Personal life
Abou Jahjah was born and grew up in southern Lebanon in Hanin, near the border with Israel. He said that he had joined Hezbollah in its campaign against Israel and had some military training. He gained refugee status in 1996 and became a Belgian citizen through marriage to a Belgian woman, from whom he much later divorced. He is now married to a Belgian Muslim woman, Nabila Boujdaine of Moroccan origin, who was also on the electoral lists for his MDP party in 2004. N. Boujdaine is the sister of Saida from the book Saida, written by De Standaard journalist, Tom Naegels and is a partner in a new organisation, Safe Have Aid, established by Dyab Abou Jahjah and his brother.
Abou Jahjah has written several books, among them an autobiography titled Between Two Worlds: The Roots of a Freedom Struggle. He was also the subject of two political biographies, one written by Mohammed Benzakour and the other by Maroun Labaki, and a political analysis book written by the Belgian communist writer Ludo De Witte.
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