Bassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980
Taken in 1980, this photograph shows a part of the visit of Bassam Shakaa, mayor of Nablus, to France at the invitation of the French President Valery d'Estaing, in the wake of the Israeli Occupation Authorities' attempt to assassinate Shakaa in the same year. It also shows Shakaa at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, accompanied by his wife, Enaya al-Fassed, Henri Sarvon, head of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East Department, who appears between them, and Ahmad Abdoun, director of the Office of the League of Arab States in Paris.
Date created
Tags
Topics
TYPE
LOCATION
More details
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Source of Description
Al-Shak'a, Bassam. Al-Fassed, Enaya. "The Bassam al-Shak'a Collection". Interview with PMDA Researcher Wijdan Samarah. 2015. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. Ozrail, Samar. "The Bassam al-Shak'a Collection". Archival Inventory. August 2019. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.
Help us refine the information, suggest a change in the content of this item
Suggest a ChangeBassam Shakaa in Paris, 1980
This photo may contain violent content
