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'''Ahmad Kurd''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد كرد}}; 13 September 1949 – 9 May 2020)<ref>[https://www.palinfo.com/news/2020/5/10/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9 أحمد الكرد.. ورحل "عميد العمل الخيري بفلسطين" بعد رحلة عطاء طويلة]</ref> was a Palestinian politician, who served as the mayor of [[Deir al-Balah]] located in the central [[Gaza Strip]]. He was elected as mayor in 2005 as the candidate for the political party and militant group, [[Hamas]]. He also occupied the job of local sheikh in the Deir al-Balah mosque.<ref name="WP">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44058-2005Jan28.html Hamas Dominates Local Vote in Gaza] Anderson, John Ward. The [[Washington Post Company]].</ref> Kurd was the director of the [[Gaza Strip]]-based charity organization Salah Society. The organization has a school which has enrolled 1,000 orphans and other youngsters in Deir al-Balah.<ref>Murphy, Kim. [http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/02/world/fg-charity2 Hamas Victory Is Built on Social Work] [[Los Angeles Times]]. 2006-03-06.</ref><br />
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Kurd was born in [[Deir al-Balah camp]] a year after his family of five fled their home village near [[Ashkelon]]. That family now consists of 70 people, and Ahmad Kurd himself has 11 children with his Russian wife. Kurd stated to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "I'm not asking to return to Ashkelon. I want to live in Deir al Balah, in a decent city, in an independent Palestinian state like other states."<ref name="WP"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Deir el-Balah]]<br />
* [[Hamas]]<br />
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