# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/said-al-shawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:04.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/said-al-shawa"
name: "Said al-Shawa"
slug: "said-al-shawa"
description: "Hajj Sa'id al-Shawwa was a Palestinian Arab politician and the first mayor of Gaza, serving from 1906 to 1917. He was also one of the most influential members of the Supreme Muslim Council from 1921 until his death. He was an opponent of British mandatory rule in Palestine, supporting the Ottomans during World War I and later the nationalist Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husayni."
tagline: "Palestinian mayor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sa'id_al-Shawa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1868"
deathDate: "1930"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.42
  momentum:             1.029411764705882
  historical:           7.2081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "سعید الشوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "سعيد الشوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "সাইদ আল-শাওয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_al-Schawa"
    title: "Said al-Schawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'id_al-Shawwa"
    title: "Sa'id al-Shawwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "سعید الشوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C3%AFd_al-Shawwa"
    title: "Saïd al-Shawwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%90-%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94"
    title: "סעיד א-שאווה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2643752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump