Nabila Nimr Kaddoumi: A great Palestinian figure

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As an activist, she carried a dual cause throughout her life. Palestine, her homeland, Palestinian, Arab and world women. Nabila Nima Qaddoumi, Om Lutof, who died in Amman, Jordan at the end of June, always embodied this dual struggle. Wife of Palestinian leader Farouk Qaddoumi, founder of the “Fatsi Movement” with Yasser Arafat, then member of the PLO, Minister of Political Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, with whom she shared decades of experience. Endurance and struggle. The 30 years he spent in Tunisia, after the creation of the PLO in Tunisia in 1982, would mark his life and that of his family. Until her last days, she did not stop calling her friends and recalling the good memories of being with them.

She was a member of the Palestine Liberation Movement’s Fat National Committee, Advisory Committee and Revolutionary Committee, served as Secretary-General of the Palestinian Women’s League for many years, and dedicated her life to the Palestinian cause for more than six decades.Nabila Nimr Qaddoumi was born in Nablus in 1940, the daughter of a prominent politician. His father, Rached Sidki Nimr, was a member of the Jordanian Parliament and a minister. Nabila was already involved in activism at a very young age. After studying sociology at Cairo University, she went to Kuwait to teach and was involved in the founding of the Palestinian Women’s League. She returned to Cairo and then settled in Damascus in 1967, before returning to Amman in 1970, but for a short time. In 1970, events in Jordan forced her to go to Egypt. In Cairo, in addition to her activism, she joined the Arab League in the Ministry of Palestinian Affairs until the League’s headquarters moved to Tunis in 1979. She would continue in Tunisia as Assistant Under-Secretary-General for Palestinian Affairs within the League. In 1991, President Yasser Arafat appointed her as an advisor to his cabinet.Umm Lutuf was very active in Arab and international institutions, raised the voice of Palestinian women at world conferences, condemned the abuses and atrocities committed by the Israeli army against her people, and was known for her strong determination and complete dedication, which earned her high regard. In Tunisia, she established deep friendships with a large part of the Tunisian and Arab communities. Sincere condolences to her husband, leader Farouk Kaddoumi, her two children Lutuf and Rami, and the Palestinian people.