SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Izz ad-Din al-Qassam

1882 - 1935

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ʿIzz ad-Dīn ibn Abd al-Qāder ibn Mustafā ibn Yūsuf ibn Muhammad al-Qassām (Arabic: عز الدين بن عبد القادر بن مصطفى بن يوسف بن محمد القسام; 1881 or 19 December 1882 – 20 November 1935) was a Syrian Muslim preacher and a leader in the local struggles against British and French Mandatory rule in the Levant and an opponent of Zionism in the 1920s and 1930s. Qassam was born in Jableh, Syrian province of the Ottoman Empire in 1882. He studied at Al-Azhar University in Egypt and afterward became an Islamic revivalist preacher in his hometown. Following his return, he became an active supporter of the Libyan resistance to the Italian occupation starting 1911, raising funds and fighters to aid the Libyans and penning an anthem for them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam is the 122nd most popular social activist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ranks 122 out of 840. Before him are Flora Tristan, Betty Ford, Vesna Vulović, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Edmond James de Rothschild, and Rashid ad-Din Sinan. After him are René Cassin, Catharine MacKinnon, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, William Luther Pierce, Susan B. Anthony, and Georgy Gapon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ranks 51. Before him are Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, and Boris Shaposhnikov. After him are Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, August Kopff, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, and Yusef of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1935, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ranks 30. Before him are Komitas, Josef Suk, Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Henri Pirenne. After him are Hugo Junkers, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Mihajlo Pupin, Panait Istrati, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Anna Ancher.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ranks 53 out of 210. Before him are Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Nizar Qabbani (1923), and Ahmad al-Khatib (1933). After him are Adunis (1930), Damascius (480), Maron (301), Moustapha Akkad (1930), Al-Qa'im (893), and Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Syria

Among social activists born in Syria, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Zaidan (1948), Nazik al-Abid (1898), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), Maryam al-Khawaja (1987), and Abdulrahman Akkad (1998).

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