Mohammed Shabir

{{Short description|Palestinian politician and academic (1946–2023)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mohammed Shabir

| native_name = محمد شبير

| other_names =

| native_name_lang = Arabic

| birth_name = Mohammed Eid Hammad Shabir

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|03|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Khan Yunis, Palestine

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|11|14|1946|03|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Gaza Strip, Palestine

| occupation = Academic and politician

}}

Mohammed Shabir ({{langx|ar|محمد شبير}}; 28 March 1946 – 12 November 2023) was a Palestinian politician and academic who served as president of the Islamic University of Gaza from 1990 to 2005. He was the Prime Minister-in-waiting for the National Unity Government 2007.{{Cite book |url=https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1443&context=mu_newsletter |title=We Are...Marshall, December 1, 2006 |publisher=Marshall University |year=2006 |pages=2}} Senior Hamas officials announced that Hamas and Fatah had agreed on him on 13 November 2006.[https://www.theguardian.com/israel/Story/0,,1946776,00.html "Fatah and Hamas poised to name PM"] The Guardian, November 13, 2006 Shabir, however, did not become prime minister. Salam Fayyad became Prime Minister when Hamas took over Gaza, in 2007.{{cite news|title=Abbas Tasks Rami Hamdallah to Form New Palestinian Govt.|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/85423-abbas-tasks-rami-hamdallah-to-form-new-palestinian-govt|newspaper=Naharnet|accessdate=2 June 2013}} Considered close to both Hamas and Fatah, Shabir frequently visited the late Yasser Arafat in his West Bank and Gaza Strip headquarters.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/13/africa/ME_GEN_Palestinians_Government_Thumbnails.php "Leading candidates for top posts in emerging Palestinian unity government"] The International Herald Tribune, November 13, 2006

Personal life

Shabir was originally from Khan Yunis and received his doctorate in microbiology from Marshall University. He had six children. His wife served as deputy minister of women's affairs.

=Death=

Shabir was killed by an Israeli sniper after initially surviving an airstrike during the Gaza war on 12 November 2023. He was 77.{{cite news |title=استشهاد رئيس الجامعة الإسلامية في غزة جراء قصف إسرائيلي لمنزله |url=https://www.masrtimes.com/342785 |access-date=14 November 2023 |publisher=Masr Times |date=14 November 2023}} The airstrike on his family's home killed five people, including a baby. Shabir was killed with his wife Rehab Mohamad Shubair, their daughter-in-law Najat Ayoub Alhelo, and their grandson, Muhammad Malik Shubair.{{cite news|title= AMP Offers Condolences to Shubair and Abusamaan Families|url=https://www.ampalestine.org/media/media-room/statements/amp-offers-condolences-shubair-and-abusamaan-families | access-date=7 January 2024 }}

References

External links

Michael Hastings, [https://web.archive.org/web/20061126022837/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15774113/site/newsweek/ The Professor], Newsweek, November 17, 2006
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070426043032/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1559846,00.html Meet the Palestinians' New Leader] Tim McGirk in Time, November 15, 2006.
Richard Boudreaux, [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-mideast14nov14,1,7336943.story?coll=la-news-a_section Palestinians pick a new prime minister], Los Angeles Times, November 14, 2006
[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2E58EB0F-EA74-4E14-82FC-35A98D8FD1DF.htm?FRAMELESS=true&NRNODEGUID=%7b2E58EB0F-EA74-4E14-82FC-35A98D8FD1DF%7d Palestinians agree on unity PM] Al Jazeera, November 13, 2006.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6143908.stm Palestinian rivals 'agree new PM'] BBC News, November 13, 2006.
[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/13/israel.palestinians.ap/index.html U.S.-educated professor could lead Palestinians], CNN (AP) November 13, 2006
[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/786886.html Shabir: I have sound relations with all parties] Haaretz, November 13, 2006. Includes photo of Shabir.
[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378386198&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Fatah, Hamas agree on Palestinian PM]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Jerusalem Post, November 13, 2006. Includes photo of Shabir.