Her husband was Khalil al-Wazir, a senior figure of the Palestine Liberation Organization who was assassinated by Israel in 1988.

She joined the Fatah organization in 1959, becoming the party’s first female member.

She helped found the General Union of Palestinian Women, an organization that focuses on the social, economic and legal status of Palestinian women.

From 1995 to 2005 she was Social Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.

[2] In 2016, al-Wazir was head of the Palestinian Authority Martyrs Fund, the organization that provides stipends to the families of Palestinians killed or wounded during confrontations with Israeli authorities.