Elias Shoufani

Elias Shoufani
Elias Shoufani
Born	Elias Shukri Shoufani; 1932; Mi'ilya, Mandatory Palestine
Died	26 January 2013 (aged 80–81); Damascus, Syria
Alma mater	Hebrew University; Princeton University;
Years active	1960s–1980s
Political party	Fatah (until 1983)
Academic background
Thesis	Al-Riddah and the Muslim Conquest of Arabia (1968)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	History of Islam
Institutions	Georgetown University; University of Maryland, College Park;

Elias Shoufani (Arabic: إلياس شوفاني; 1932–2013) was a Palestinian author and historian whose studies were mostly about the history of Islam and the Israeli affairs. He was one of the leading Arab scholars in the latter topic.^[1] He was a member of the Fatah movement until 1983 when he joined the dissident group in Damascus, becoming part of the Fatah upraising.

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Elias Shoufani
Born	Elias Shukri Shoufani 1932 Mi'ilya, Mandatory Palestine
Died	26 January 2013 (aged 80–81) Damascus, Syria
Alma mater	Hebrew University Princeton University
Years active	1960s–1980s
Political party	Fatah (until 1983)


Academic background
Thesis	Al-Riddah and the Muslim Conquest of Arabia (1968)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	History of Islam
Institutions	Georgetown University University of Maryland, College Park