Abd al-Sattar Qasim
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|name = Abd al-Sattar Qasim
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1948|9|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Deir al-Ghusun, Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|2|1|1948|9|21|df=yes}}
|death_place = Nablus, West Bank
|alma_mater = The American University in Cairo
Kansas State University
University of Missouri
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Abd al-Sattar Tawfiq Qasim al-Khader ({{langx|ar|عبد الستار توفيق قاسم الخضر خليلية}}; 21 September 1948 – 1 February 2021) was a Palestinian writer, thinker, political analyst, and academic. He was born in the town of Deir al-Ghusun in Tulkarm Governorate and died in Nablus. Qasim was a professor of political science and Palestinian studies at An-Najah National University in Nablus. He is known for his positions rejecting the settlement with Israel and critical of the Palestinian Self-Government Authority.
Life
He received a bachelor's degree in political science from The American University in Cairo, then a master's degree in political science from the American Kansas State University, then a master's degree in economics from the University of Missouri, USA, then a doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Missouri also in 1977.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Qasim worked at the University of Jordan with the rank of assistant professor in 1978, and his services were terminated after a year and a half in 1979. He worked as a professor of political science at An-Najah National University in Nablus since 1980, and he worked as a part-time professor at each university,{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/6-author/abdul-sattar-qassem/|title=Abdul Sattar Qassem|date=January 8, 2014|website=Middle East Monitor}} Birzeit University and Al-Quds University. He retired from teaching from An-Najah National University in 2013.
Awards
In 1984, he won the Abdul Hameed Shoman Prize in the field of political science.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Writings
=Books and research=
He has published 25 books, and has written about 130 scientific papers and thousands of articles. Of which:{{Cite web|url=https://www.noor-book.com/en/ebooks-Abdul-sattar-Qasim-pdf|title=Download Books Abdul sattar Qasim pdf|first=مكتبة|last=نور|website=www.noor-book.com}}
- Traditional political philosophy
- Fall of the King of Kings (On the Iranian Revolution)
- The martyr Ezz El-Din Al-Qassam
- The Golan Heights
- The detention experiment
- Days in the Naqab detention camp
- Individual and group freedom in Islam
- Women in Islamic Thought
- Prophet Abraham and the covenant with the children of Israel
- The road to defeat
- The summary on the Palestinian issue.
- The graves of Arab intellectuals{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
He has written research papers on various topics in politics, such as the Americanization of the Arabs, the Palestinian resistance, Islamic political thought and globalization.{{Cite web|url=http://passia.org/personalities/622|title=PASSIA – AL-QASEM, ABDUL SATTAR (-)|website=passia.org}}
Death
He died on 1 February 2021, at An-Najah National University Hospital in Nablus, after being infected with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-palestine-abd-sattar-qassem-dies-political-activist|title=Palestinian political activist and analyst Abdel Sattar Qassem dies of Covid-19|website=Middle East Eye|date=2 February 2021}}
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