Kamal Abdulfattah


Kamal Abdulfattah was a Palestinian geographer and researcher.

Biography

Abdulfattah studied at the Damascus University. After completing his studies, he obtained a Ph.D. in geography from University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1980.
Beginning in 1978, Abdulfattah taught as an teaching assistant at department of Middle Eastern studies at Birzeit University. In 1980, become dean at faculty of Arts at Birzeit University. In the following years, he established the Geography department at the university.

Notable works

Mountain farmer and fellah in Asir Southwest Saudi Arabia: The conditions of agriculture in a traditional society. Erlangen, Germany. 1981.

Awards