Barghouti family

Barghouti (other spellings Barghuthi, Barghouthi, or Al-Barghuthi) (classical Arabic: البرغوثي al-Barghūthī) is the surname of a prominent Palestinian family. Many of its members are notable figures in Palestinian political and cultural life, and mainly come from Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate's most prominent villages of Deir Ghassanah, Aboud, Kobar and Bani Zeid.

There are various traditions regarding the origins of the Barghouti family. According to Palestinian researcher Mustafa al-Dabbagh, the family is named after a person called Barghout and traces its roots back to the Bani Zeid clan which originated in the Arabian Peninsula, before eventually settling in Deir Ghassaneh, Palestine.^[1]

Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti, born in 1894, recounts a tradition that the clan traces its lineage to second caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab. Following the events involving Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr during the Umayyad period, they traveled from the Hejaz to Egypt, then moved to Tunisia, and later to Palestine to support Saladin in his conquest of the region.^[1]

• Abd al-Jabir al-Barghouthi, Palestinian commander of the Bani Zeid during the Peasants' revolt in Palestine
• Abdul Latif Barghouti (1928–2002), Palestinian writer and poet
• Abdullah Barghouti (born 1979), Palestinian leading commander in Hamas' armed wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
• Bashir Barghouti (1931–2000), Palestinian communist and journalist
• Fadwa Barghouti (born 1963), Palestinian lawyer and member of the Fatah Council.
• Hussein Barghouthi (1954–2002), Palestinian poet and playwright
• Imad Barghouthi (born 1962), Palestinian astrophysicist and public figure, subject to several administrative detentions in Israeli prisons for his political statements, as well as one arrest by the Palestinian Authority.^[2]
• Marwan Barghouthi (born 1958), Palestinian leader of Fatah, jailed by Israel during the Second Intifada
• Mohammad Barghouti, Palestinian former labor minister of the Palestinian Authority
• Mourid Barghouti (born 1944–2021), Palestinian poet and writer
• Mustafa Barghouti (born 1954), Palestinian politician, physician, and one state solution activist who founded the Palestinian National Initiative alongside Haidar Abdel-Shafi and Edward Said, among others.
• Na'el Barghouti (born 1957), holds the record for having served the longest sentence of any Palestinian prisoner held by Israel
• Nai Barghouti, Palestinian composer and singer
• Omar Barghouti (born 1964), activist and co-founder of the anti Israel BDS movement
• Tamim al-Barghouti (born 1977), Palestinian poet and political scientist, son of Mourid Barghouti. *Hannah Barghouthi (Born 1992) British Palestinian Artist and peace activist.