Nahid Munir al-Rayyis (Arabic: ناهض الريس, 1937–2010) was a Palestinian politician, philanthropist, author and poet.
[1][2] Afterward, al-Rayyis joined the Palestine Liberation Organization's armed wing and became a leader of the group in Beirut, Lebanon.
[3] Al-Rayyis served as the Justice Minister of the Palestinian National Authority's emergency government in October 2003.
However, he resigned in 2004 citing new laws passed making it difficult for him and his ministry to operate as well as the increased presence of foreign interests (according to him, this included Israel, the United States, and the European Union).
Following his death, dignitaries from every Palestinian faction (including both Fatah and Hamas—which has de facto control over the Gaza Strip) and some parliamentary blocs extended condolences to al-Rayyis's family.