Kamal Abdulfattah (born February 9, 1943, in Umm al-Fahm – died January 27, 2023, in Jenin) was a Palestinian geographer and researcher.
After completing his studies, he obtained a Ph.D. in geography from University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1980.
[1] Beginning in 1978, Abdulfattah taught as an teaching assistant at department of Middle Eastern studies at Birzeit University.
In 1980, become dean at faculty of Arts at Birzeit University.
In the following years, he established the Geography department at the university.