Laith Shubeilat

Laith Shubeilat is a prominent Jordanian Islamist politician. He was born in Amman, Jordan in 1942, a son of another Jordanian public fngure, Farhan Shubeilat, from Tafila, a city within the southern district of Jordan.

He is a graduate of civil engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1964, and gained his masters degree from George Washington University in 1968.

He was elected for the first time as the head of Jordanian Engineers Association in 1982 as the first Islamist to win this seat. Later he was appointed for the National Advisory Council in Jordan where he started his political activities. In 1984 he was elected to parliament.

Since then, Laith Shubeilat has publicly opposed the Jordanian government and has been imprisoned in several occasions.

External links

"Laith Shubeilat | ليث شبيلات". Shubeilat.com. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
"shbeilatlaith". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
"Human Rights Issues". Jordan National Movement. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
"Laith Shubeilat, President of the Association against Zionism and Racism, Arrested at Dawn Today". Freearabvoice.org. 2002-11-15. Retrieved 2012-05-04.

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