AbdelAziz was born in 1946 to a family that used to live in Haifa/Palestine until 1948. His father was a merchant, and Abdelaziz grew-up in between the West Bank and Jordan. From an early age, Abdelaziz used to work in refugees camps, especially in Lebanon. Through that experience, he came to know what means to not have an access to medical service could look like and how this would impact millions of lives.
In the Siege, at the refugee Camp of Tal el Zaatar in Lebanon in 1976, he learned how important knowledge could be. As part of the Red Crescent, he trained more than 100 girls on first aid. Through that experience he came to know that knowledge is power in the sense that the refugees will not always be under the mercy of doctors who are under continuous bombardment. At that time, he was one of the two doctors who were serving over 30,000 refugees.
In 1988, he started his work on popularizing medical content. He first started by putting together the Arabic-Arabic Medical dictionary on his own. At first, no one (fellow doctors and friends) saw a reason to give him support, believing that his work was pointless. He kept accumulating material and writings for the dictionary until 2000s. After he finished his dictionary, he was keen to publish it. At that time, his son Jalil was doing his MBA and together they decided to publish it online for a wider access. The online platform – Altibbi.com – first saw light in 2008. Even then Abdelaziz was not satisfied with reaching that point. He then decided to add more medical essays to the new online platform. Jalil and his cousin started to develop the financial model and to add more features to the website. Meanwhile, through the feedback that Abdelaziz got from his fellow doctors, Abdelaziz decided to add an engagement element between doctors and people. At that moment, he started to build movement that connects medical experts with the masses and better popularizes medical content.
Education:
1965 - GSEC General Secondary Education Certificate from Jenin Secondary School
1965 –1972 Friedrich wilhelm Universität – Bonn Faculty of Medicine -1972
1972 – 1974 Examination for Medicine and internship - Greifswald Universität GDR .
1974– 1976 as Physician in PRCS – in Beirut Tal el Zaatar
1977 - 1980 Director Medical Services for PRCS
1980 – 1984 Facharzt für surgery in Berlin Oscar zieten Krankenhause .
1983-1984 - PHD in Medicine . Akademie für Äzhliche fortbildung – Berlin .
1984- 1989 Director Medical Services PRCS , Cairo , Sudan .
1989 –1991 Director of Information PRCS .Chief Editor Balsam Magazine .
1991 – 1993 Director of PRCS Amman Office.
1994-Director of Palestinian Military Medical Services in the WEST BANK-- PNA .
Conferences:
Conference of WHO – Geneva 1977, 1978, 1979.
Conference Medical Union of Arab Physicians 1977 – 1990.
Conference of PRCS 1977 – 1976.
Several Surgical Conferences in Germany.
Conference of IPPNW 1992 – Berlin.
Delegations:
Head of PRCS Delegation to Hungary 1977.
Member of PRCS Delegation to China 1977.
Member of PRCS Delegation to London 1978, British Red Cross.
Head of PLO Delegation to Cuba 1989 WHO – Conference.
Head of PLO Delegation to Pyong – Yang 1989 WHO – Conference.
Publications:
Several articles – Balsam- Magazine about Health and Social Situations of the Palestinian people.
History of Arab Medicine.
Books:
1. Papers of Tal El Zaater 1977, Beirut, Unified Information .
2. Health and social development in Palestine in 1922- 1982 Dar El Karmel – Amman 1982 .
3. The PRCS, Amman. 1987, Dar El Krmel.
4. History of Arab Surgery 1992,Dar El Karmel.
5. Arabic Medical Dictionary Dar-albashir
arabic-arabic medical dictionary contains around 20,000 medical Terms in arabic explained in 1400 pages with an annex in english -arabic.
Activities:
1972 – 1980 Member of Executive Committee of PRCS.
1981 – 1988 Member of the Executive Committee of general Union of Palestinian Doctors and pharmacies.
1983– Deputy Director of GUPDPH.
1984 Member of Palestine National council.
1984– 1993 Member of Executive board of PRCS.
1984– 1990 Deputy Director of IPPNW, Palestine.
1996 Ü Chairman of Palestinian Society for the Protection of Nature PSPN.
