22 Palestinian journalists

Ziad Ali Khalil AbuZayyad is a Palestinian lawyer, journalist and politician.

Naji Salim Hussain al-Ali was a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of the Arab regimes and Israel in his works. He has been described as the greatest Palestinian cartoonist and probably the best-known cartoonist in the Arab world.

Rami Aman is a Palestinian journalist and peace activist in the Gaza Strip.

Abdel Bari Atwan is the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, an Arab world digital news and opinion website. He was the editor-in-chief of the London-based pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi from the founding of the paper in 1989 until July 2013.

Fadi Faisal Elhusseini is a Canadian-Palestinian writer and academic, who is born in 1975. His research focuses on Turkey, the Palestinian cause, the Middle East and the Arab Spring.

Mohamed Ali Eltaher was a Palestinian journalist and newspaper editor.

Rashid Hussein Mahmoud was a Palestinian poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator. He was born in Musmus, Mandatory Palestine. He published his first collection in 1957. He was the first prominent poet to appear on the Israeli Arab stage. Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish called him "the star", who wrote about "human things" like bread, hunger and anger.

Daoud Bandaly El-Issa was a Palestinian journalist. He managed the Filastin newspaper for a period of time, the newspaper which was established by his uncle Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in their hometown of Jaffa. Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine.

Issa Daoud El-Issa was a Palestinian Christian poet and journalist. With his cousin Yousef El-Issa, he founded and edited the biweekly newspaper Filastin in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa. Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, and was dedicated to the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The newspaper was the country's fiercest and most consistent critic of the Zionist movement, denouncing it as a threat to Palestine's Arab population. It helped shape Palestinian identity and was shut down several times by the Ottoman and British authorities.

Yousef El-Issa was a Palestinian journalist. He established the Filastin newspaper with his cousin Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa. Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine. He has been described by a researcher to be "a founder of modern journalism in Palestine".

Raja Issa El-Issa, was a Palestinian journalist. He completed his secondary schooling in Ramallah and then joined the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Eleven years before his birth, his father, Issa El-Issa founded the Falastin newspaper. He died on 1 December 2008 at the age of 86 in Amman.

Wadah Khanfar is the President of Al Sharq Forum, an independent network dedicated to developing long-term strategies for political development, social justice and economic prosperity of the people of the Middle East. He previously served as the Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network. He has been ranked by Foreign Policy Magazine in 2011 as the first in The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers, and in Fast Company as the first in the 100 Most Creative People in Business (2011) and as one of the most 'Powerful People in the World' by Forbes magazine (2009)., in 2008 World Economic Forum named Khanfar as one of the 'Young Global Leaders'. During his tenure Al Jazeera went from a single channel to a media network with multiple properties including the Al Jazeera Arabic channel, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera's news websites, the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher (Live), and Al Jazeera Mobile. On 20 September 2011, he stepped down as the head of Al Jazeera Network.

Taghreed El-Khodary is a Palestinian journalist who is a visiting scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment, where her research focuses on the future of Gaza. She is also a 2010 Heinrich Boell Fellow. She is editor at fanack.com,

Rami George Khouri is a journalist and editor with joint Palestinian-Jordanian and United States citizenship. He was born in New York City to an Arab Palestinian Christian family. His father, George Khouri, a Nazarene journalist in what was the British mandate of Palestine, had traveled with his wife to New York in 1947 to cover the United Nations (UN) debates about the future of Palestine. His family resides in Beirut, Amman, and Nazareth. He is also a highly regarded public speaker. After attending secondary school at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland Rami Khouri returned to the US to complete his education. Khouri has served for many years as the chief umpire for Little League Baseball in Jordan.

Feras Kilani is a Palestinian-British journalist and film maker, and BBC Arabic's special correspondent.He started his media career in 1995, in the Syrian State TV in Damascus where he worked as a Director, and documentary maker until 2006, when he left to join Al Bayan in United Arab Emirates.

Daoud Kuttab, is a Palestinian journalist with American citizenship.

Montaser Marai is a Palestinian - Jordanian Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker, working for Al Jazeera Channel since 2002.

Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh is the Cultural Adviser to the President of the UAE and the Chancellor of UAE University. He has been active in government service in the United Arab Emirates since its formation in 1971, and with the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi since 1968.

Nabil Salameh, also known as Nabil or Nabil Bey, is a Palestinian singer, songwriter, musician, artist and journalist, founder of the world music bands Radiodervish and Al Darawish.

Rawya Rashad Said al-Shawa was a Palestinian journalist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Council in 1996.

Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer, who was born in Jaffa, Israel and who currently lives in Ramallah, West Bank.

Osama Silwadi, a Palestinian photojournalist, visual storyteller, archivist and folklorist. He started his professional career in 1991. During the first Palestinian Intifada, he faced difficulties and challenges and was in danger as he worked in the conflict areas. In October 2006, Osama was seriously injured by a stray bullet during a march in the center of Ramallah, which resulted in paralysis of the lower limbs. Silwadi has won titles inspired by his work in documenting the Palestinian heritage, including "The Eye of Palestine" and the "Palestinian Heritage documentor".