Hassan Nasrallah

Hassan Nasrallah (in Arabic: حسن نصرالله; born 30 August 1960) is the leader of the Islamist party in Lebanon called Hezbollah. He is also a Shi'a Muslim cleric.[1] Some countries, like the United States and Britain, consider him to be a terrorist due to his attacks on Israel.[2]

His early life

Hassan Nasrallah was born in Bourj Hammoud, east Beirut. He was among ten children in his family. He went to Al Najah school, and then a public school in Sin el-Fil, Beirut. The civil war in 1975 caused his family to move to their old home in Bassouriyeh. There, he finished his secondary education at the public school in Tyre. He then joined the Amal Movement, a militant group that represents the Shi'a Muslims in Lebanon.

References

Walid Jumblatt Attacks Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria, and Says: I Support a Two-State Solution, Not the Liberation of Jerusalem Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine 31 January 2007
"The new face of jihadism: To many Arabs, he's revered as the next Nasser. But in the West, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is vilified as the next Osama bin Laden". Ottawa Citizen. CanWest MediaWorks Publication Inc. 2006-07-29.

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[1] Walid Jumblatt Attacks Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria, and Says: I Support a Two-State Solution, Not the Liberation of Jerusalem Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine 31 January 2007

[2] "The new face of jihadism: To many Arabs, he's revered as the next Nasser. But in the West, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is vilified as the next Osama bin Laden". Ottawa Citizen. CanWest MediaWorks Publication Inc. 2006-07-29.