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Haidar Abdel-Shafi

Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)

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Born
June 10, 1919
Died
September 25, 2007
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1919

About Haidar Abdel-Shafi

Haidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader. He was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991 and served in the Palestinian Legislative Council for Gaza Governorate from 1996 to 1998. He then co-founded a branch of the Palestine Medical Society in 1945, and participated in the first Palestine Medical Congress in 1946. He held a two-year term as chairman of the first Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza beginning in 1962.

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Haidar Abdel-Shafi timeline

  1. He then co-founded a branch of the Palestine Medical Society in 1945, and participated in the first Palestine Medical Congress in 1946.
  2. He held a two-year term as chairman of the first Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza beginning in 1962.

The world when Haidar Abdel-Shafi was born

Haidar Abdel-Shafi was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1919

  • Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
  • Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
  • Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Haidar Abdel-Shafi's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19192026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population103.2M341 million

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