Jamila Saidam

Jamila Ahmed Khamis Saidam (Arabic: جميلة أحمد خميس صيدم, 1947 – 30 July 2011), also known as Umm Sabri, was a Palestinian politician.

[1] She postponed attending university after marrying Mamdouh Saidam, a founding member of Fatah, in 1968.

[2] In the same year, she moved to Jordan and attended the founding conference of the General Union of Palestinian Women.

[4] In 1995 she was appointed Director General of Social Insurance at the Ministry of Labour.

[1] In the 1996 elections to the Legislative Council, Saidam ran as a Fatah candidate in Deir al-Balah.