Birth: NULL/NULL/1886 Death:NULL/NULL/1940
Born in 1886; From Gaza; studied Law in Istanbul; became a prominent lawyer; also worked in journalism; worked in the Land Court, the Central Council then resigned and worked again as a lawyer; launched Al-Huquq (The Rights) magazine and was its editor-in-chief (1 Dec. 1923); published Sawt Al-Haq (Voice of the Truth) newspaper on 6 Oct. 1927; Arabized the famous Hanafi book on legal proceedings, Sharh Majallat Al-Ahkam (Commentaries on the Codified Hanafi Commercial Law, prepared in four volumes during the Ottoman times by Allama Ali Haidar); was a member of the Palestine Free Party from 1927, which defended all aspects of personal freedom; was elected mayor of Gaza on 5 May 1928 (until 1939); under his rule, Gaza city was extended to the sea (Ar-Rimal district), the Gaza local hospital and the market were completed, the streets were widened, and the city received electricity in 1938 in cooperation with the Palestinian Electricity Company; was arrested by the British authorities and put in custody at Sarafand Jail in 1938 as member of opposition; died on 25 Dec. 1940.
