Word: umm
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...Umm Jihad, 37, is a member of the Palestine National Congress and head of the General Union of Palestinian Women, an organization with approximately 100,000 members that supports many of the P.L.O.'s programs in health and education. She also directs the P.L.O.'s multimillion-dollar assistance program for families of Palestinians killed or captured in various conflicts. An ardent nationalist even as a young girl in Gaza, she became the first woman to join Al Fatah at the age of 16. The struggle to preserve a Palestinian identity was so strong at that time, she says...