Birth: NULL/NULL/1921 Death:15/9/2000
Born in Jaffa in 1921; studied Economics at the AUB, graduating with a BA in 1940, and subsequently teaching there until 1944; later studied Law and received a diploma from the School of Law in Jerusalem in 1948; established Al-Hadaf newspaper in Jerusalem in 1950 and regularly contributed articles; was a Professor at the AUB in the mid-1950s; appointed Sec.-Gen. to the Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Beirut in 1957; was a member of the Economic Advisory Council of the League of Arab States; co-founder of the Institute of Palestine Studies (IPS) in Beirut in 1963, a member of its Board of Trustees and editor of the The Palestine Yearbook – an annual volume depicting the history of the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict – from 1967-1970s; Board of Trustees member of the Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, since 1978; taught Economics at several institutes in Beirut; died on 15 Sept. 2000 in Amman; after his death, the IPS published a five-volume book containing selections from his writings in commemoration of his life and efforts, entitled The Political, Economic, and Literary Writings of Burhan Dajani.
