Draft:British Palestinians

Palestinians in the United Kingdom, commonly called British Palestinians, are residents of the United Kingdom with full or partial Palestinian ancestry.

Demographics and culture
In 2005, there were an estimated 20,000 Palestinians in the UK. Loddo saw the Palestinian community in the UK as "very diverse" in terms of social class, civil and legal status, place of origin, and religious and cultural background.

Organizations and collectives include the British Palestinian Committee, the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK (APCUK), and the Palestine Community Foundation (PCF).

Notable people



 * Ghassan Abu-Sittah, surgeon – Kuwait-born to Palestinian parents
 * Nima Abu-Wardeh, journalist – Palestinian heritage
 * Sarah Agha, actress – Palestinian father from Delhamiya
 * Zena Agha, writer and analyst
 * Naji al-Ali, artist – born in Al-Shajara
 * Naim Attallah, businessman and writer
 * Joanna Carolan, comedian – Palestinian mother
 * Zaki Chehab, journalist – from Burj el-Shemali refugee camp
 * Selma Dabbagh, writer – Palestinian father from Jaffa
 * Saleem Haddad, writer – Palestinian paternal grandmother from Nazareth
 * Isabella Hammad, novelist – Palestinian paternal heritage from Nablus
 * Bilal Hasna, actor and playwright – Palestinian father
 * Mona Hatoum, artist – Lebanon-born to Palestinian parents
 * Joudie Kalla, chef – Palestinian grandparents
 * Ghada Karmi, academic – born in Jerusalem
 * Hanan Kattan, producer – Jordan-born to Palestinian parents from Jerusalem and Bethlehem
 * Reem Kelani, musician – Palestinian parents from Yabad and Nazareth
 * Lewis Ludlam, rugby union player – Palestinian paternal heritage
 * Shereen Malherbe, writer
 * Shadia Mansour, rapper – Palestinian parents from Haifa and Nazareth
 * Tanushka Marah, theatre director and writer – Palestinian-Jordanian heritage
 * Ahmed Masoud, writer and theatre maker – born in Gaza
 * Dina Matar, academic –
 * Leanne Mohamad, public speaker and political activist – Palestinian parents
 * Layla Moran, Liberal Democrats MP – Palestinian mother from Jerusalem
 * Farah Nabulsi, filmmaker – Palestinian parents
 * Karma Nabulsi, academic
 * Nadia El-Nakla, SNP politician – Palestinian father
 * Rosalind Nashashibi, artist – Palestinian father
 * Anbara Salam, writer – Palestinian-Lebanese father
 * Larissa Sansour, artist and filmmaker – born in Jerusalem
 * Abdul Latif Tibawi, academic – born in Taybet
 * Azzam Tamimi, academic – born in Hebron