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Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal |
Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal (Arabic: رياح حنة ابو العسل, transliteration: Riyāḥ Ḥannä abū 'l-‘Asal; b. 1937) is an Anglican from Nazareth.He graduated from Nazareth Baptist school where he also taught.While at Nazareth he was a member of the PLP, the Progressive List for Peace - a joint Jewish-Arab political party which, while existing only for eight years (1984-1992) is considered to have broken many previously sacroscanct taboos and profoundly influenced subsequent Israeli politics.
He is the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem and head of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. His wife is a niece of Emile Habibi. Riah's grandfather started the first modern pilgrim service in 1893 and opened branches in Jaffa, Jerusalem, Nazareth and Tiberias.
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Further Reading
- Riah Abu El-Assal (1999). Caught In Between. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. ISBN 0281052239. (Autobiography)
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