Birth: NULL/NULL/1896 Death:NULL/NULL/1972
Born in Nablus in 1896 to a Christian family; graduated from St. George’s School in Jerusalem; studied Medicine at the Syrian Arab College in Beirut (which later became the AUB), graduating with an MD in 1918; returned to Palestine and began working as a doctor in Jerusalem; became politically active during the British Mandate, among other things as spokesperson; was a member of the Arab Party during the 1930s; head of the Arab Information Office in London during the Great Revolt of 1936; politically pro-majlesiyoun; wrote a booklet on The Palestine Case in 1936; in 1945, helped establishing an office for the Arab League in London; served as representative of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee at the UNGA during the late years of the British Mandate; joined the Arab Higher Committee in 1946 and later became head of its Treasury Dept.; tried to prevent partition of Palestine by negotiating with the British and demanding that they alter their policy; established the Arab Palestine Office in Beirut in 1949; headed the Arab Higher Committee delegation to the UN in the 1950s; established the Palestine Arab Refugee Office in New York in 1954; was a founding member of the PLO in 1964; served as head of the PLO Office in New York until 1968; author of The Palestinians: A Detailed Documented Eyewitness History of Palestine Under British Mandate (New York: IGT Co., 1988); died in the 1990s.
