Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi belongs to the record of public life as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi as Palestinian political leader (1947–2004).
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi was born in 1947. His recorded nationality is Palestine. He was educated at Alexandria University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as politician and physician.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
That the work was done from Palestine matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi died in 2004, aged 57. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Educated at Alexandria University
- Worked as politician and physician
