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Mufid Ahmed Hassan Abu Shamala was born in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on May 7, 1970, to a Palestinian refugee family originally from the depopulated village of Beit Daras in the occupied Gaza Strip. He is married and has four sons and two daughters. He studied primary school at Al-Falah School in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, and secondary school at Yaffa and Al-Furat schools, and obtained his high school diploma in 1988. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in media from the Islamic University in Gaza in 2001, and joined the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo to study for a master’s degree in 2005. Abu Shamala established the Al-Iman Center for Publicity and Advertising, and specialized in computer maintenance and training on their use since 1993. He trained media students at the Islamic University in Gaza on publishing and journalistic production programs between 1995 and 2001. He worked as director of the computer lab for the journalism department at the Islamic University , and participated in launching the university’s voice newspaper. He worked as a lecturer in media at several Palestinian universities such as: the Islamic University, Al-Aqsa University, Palestine University, Gaza University, and the University College of Applied Sciences. He then worked as editor-in-chief at Ramattan Television News Agency between 2006 and 2009. He founded a media production company called Screen Media Production in 2010, through which he launched Radio He started a local newspaper called (Palestine Youth Radio), then worked as editor-in-chief of Palestine newspaper in 2012, and between the years (2017-2021), and launched a private newspaper called (Society Newspaper) in 2014, through his second company (Qalaa Al-Sham Media), which he headed between the years (2014-2016), and became head of the Center for Political and Development Studies since 2021.
Abu Shamala is active in politics, participating in managing some political files in Gaza City. He was a member of the National Relations Committee for the National and Islamic Action Factions. He was also active in the cultural field, where he managed the Gaza International Documentary Film Festival in 2010, with the participation of 76 Arab and foreign films. He was involved in union work, as he was a member of the Journalist Bloc Council for Southern Gaza between 2017 and 2021. He also participated in youth activities, as he founded the Al-Zeitoun Youth Club, and was a member of its Board of Directors between 2007 and 2017. He was also Vice President of the Dolphin Club for Marine Sports until 2022.
Abu Shamala is a political researcher and analyst. He writes political articles for newspapers and websites, is a guest on various media outlets to comment on developments in the Palestinian cause, and delivers political lectures at forums and civil society organizations.
Abu Shamala believes that the future of the Palestinian cause lies in systematically and continuously escalating resistance, expanding its reach to broader geographic areas and integrating it into the battlefield. This must raise the cost of the occupation, ultimately forcing it to surrender and leave. He describes the Oslo Accords as a historic mistake and a national catastrophe. It must be retracted, an apology must be made to the Palestinian people, and those involved must be held accountable and referred to the Palestinian Revolutionary Court for wasting three decades of the Palestinian cause and harming the interests of the Palestinian people. He rejects the term "both sides of the division," and believes that responsibility rests with one entity: the Palestinian Authority, which refused to accept the election results and overthrew the legitimate government. This led to the PA's course being diverted toward unnational goals and the self-interests of a limited segment of the Palestinian people, specifically Abu Mazen, who has disregarded all the rights and interests of the Palestinian people, both at home and abroad, and monopolizes leadership positions in a dictatorial and unilateral manner.
Abu Shamala rejects partnership in the PLO in its current form, calling for its reform and development, and opening the door to the full and democratic participation of all segments of the Palestinian people with clear quotas (Jerusalem, the diaspora, Gaza, the West Bank, the 1948 territories, and prisons). He also calls for representation in the leadership of the national project. The Palestinian Authority must remain at the service of the people and the improvement of the living conditions of the Palestinian people, and it does not have the right to represent all Palestinians around the world politically. He supports resistance in all its forms and calls for resisting the occupation with all the tools at its disposal, especially since divine laws, the Geneva International Conventions, and the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly support the right of occupied peoples to resist until the complete withdrawal of the occupation, and their right to return, sovereignty, and self-determination. He believes in the right of the Palestinians to fully reclaim the historical land of Palestine, but if this is not possible under the current and objective circumstances all at once, then there is nothing wrong with a phased approach by establishing a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders without recognizing the occupation or any right to any inch of the land. He believes that it is necessary to establish the right of return and compensation for all refugees in accordance with clear international resolutions, and then give the Palestinians in the diaspora a choice so that they do not lose the positions and gains they have reached, whether in the diaspora countries or in the Arab countries. He also demands an end to the crises of the Palestinians in the camps in the Arab countries, granting them their full rights, opening all doors to work and geographical expansion without obstacles, and stopping the confiscation of those rights under the pretext of not allowing them to settle abroad.
Abu Shamala believes that the political regime led by the Palestinian Authority is dictatorial, having obstructed democracy for years and deprived the people of exercising their rights. He describes the Arab situation as the Arab Nakba, characterized by the complete submissiveness and submission of the Arab people. Conversely, he believes that some Arab models express ambition, vision, and advanced levels, particularly in economic matters, as in Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Abu Shamala has struggled throughout his life. His graduation from the Islamic University was delayed due to its closure by the occupation during the First Intifada. He was also arrested by the occupation forces in 1990 for 22 months, and was re-arrested in 1992 for several months. He was also unable to complete his master's degree at the Institute of Arab Research and Studies in Cairo due to the siege of Gaza since 2006.
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