Leila Khaled blev født i Haifa i 1944, og måtte flygte som 4-årig. Hun gik senere ind i den palæstinensiske modstandsbevægelse, og blev medlem af PFLP fra 1967. Hun blev kendt ved at gennemføre 2 flykapringer, uden at det kostede liv blandt passagerne - dog blev hendes kammerat dræbt under den anden mislykkede kapring. Hermed blev palæstinensernes kamp mod den koloniale besættelsesmagt sat på den internationale dagsordenen. Leila Khaled har i mange år sidet PFLPs ledelse og i det Palæstinensiske Nationalråd, og bor i Amman i Jordan.

Vi har samlet en række artikler, interview og film, herunder artikler om hendes stilling til borgerkrigen i Syrien, der har delt venstrefløjen. Det ligger på Tidslinjen for 9. april 1944.

Se også Modkraft Bibliotekets andre emnelister om Palæstina.

Leila Khaled was born in Haifa i 1944, and she had to flee as a 4 year old. Later she joined the Palestinian restistance movement, and became a member of the PFLP fra 1967. She became widely known by two plain hijacking, that didn't cost any lives among the pasengers or the crew - though her comrade during the other failled hijacking was killed. By this the resistance of the Palestinians against the colonial occupation force, was put on the international agenda. Leila Khaled has for many years been in the leadership of the PFLP and in the Palestinian National Council, and lives in Amman in Jordan.

We have collected articles, interviews and film. And also some articles on her stand towards the Syrian civil war, that has split the left. It is on the Timeline of April 9, 1944.

See also Modkraft Biblioteket - The Progressive Online Library other collections on Palestine