Izzat Ghazzawi (Arabic: عزت الغزاوي, romanized: ʻIzzat al-Ghazzāwī; 4 December 1951 – 4 April 2003) was a Palestinian writer and peace activist.

Izzat Ghazzawi was born on 4 December 1951 in Deir al-Ghusun, which was under Jordanian rule, in Tulkarm Governorate.

[citation needed] Ghazzawi earned a master's degree in English literature, and became a professor at Birzeit University.

[1] He wrote about the sufferings of the Palestinian people and was arrested many times by Israeli authorities for "political activities".

He was awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2001, along with Israeli woman Nurit Peled-Elhanan, for their work in support of the peace process in the Middle East.