Atef Abu Saif
Dr Atef Abu Saif (عاطف أبو سيف), born in Jabalia refugee camp (Gaza) in 1973, is a Fatah spokesman. He was the minister of culture in the Palestinian Authority government of Mohammad Shtayyeh and prior to that worked in the office of President Mahmoud Abbas.
In Mary 2019 Abu Saif was severely beaten by masked attackers amidst anti-Hamas protests in Gaza. Fatah accused Hamas of being behind the attack. He studied political science at Bradford University and is the author of several literary books.