Bassam Shakaa in London, 1980
Taken in 1980, this photograph shows Bassam Shakaa, mayor of Nablus, at Portman Hotel during his trip to London for treatment, in the wake of the Israeli Occupation Authorities' attempt to assassinate him, leading to the amputation of his leg on 2 June of the same year. It was taken by the British author Marion Woolfson, who wrote "Bassam Shakʼa, portrait of a Palestinian".
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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.
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