Amal Tamimi (born Jerusalem, 7 January 1960) is a Palestinian-born Icelandic feminist, social activist, and politician.
[3] Amal experienced the Six-Day War in 1967; the fact that Yonnes was in Iceland at the time meant that he lost his right to reside in Israel.
At 13 she was imprisoned pending trial for two weeks for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers, and received a six-month suspended sentence.
1990),[7] before leaving her husband after what she has described as an abusive marriage in 1995 and fleeing with her children to her brother Salmann (Suleiman) in Iceland.
[11] Assisted by her brother Salmann (Suleiman), Amal moved with her five children to Iceland in January 1995.
Amal's partnership with a non-Arab man caused a major rift in her family, including with her brother Salmann (Suleiman), who disowned her.