'''Leila Khaled''' was born on April 9, 1944, in [[Haifa]] during the British [[Mandate of Palestine]]. In 1948, following the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war and the subsequent establishment of [[Israel]], her family relocated to Tyre, Lebanon, where she grew up as a refugee.
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'''Leila Khaled''' was born on April 9, 1944, in [[Haifa]] during the British [[Mandate of Palestine]]. In 1948, following the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war and the subsequent establishment of [[Israel]], her family relocated to Tyre, [[Lebanon]].
At the age of 15, she joined the racist [[Arab]] Nationalist Movement.
At the age of 15, she joined the racist [[Arab]] Nationalist Movement.