Birth: NULL/NULL/1915 Death:NULL/NULL/2000
Born in Nablus in 1915; was sponsored by his uncle to study at An-Najah School in Nablus after his father – an officer for the Ottoman Army – died in combat in Yemen; moved to Jaffa following his graduation and worked for different newspapers, incl. Al-Jamia’a Al-Islamiyya (the Muslim Community) published by Suleiman At-Taji Al-Faruqi, Al-Siraat Al-Mustaqim and Al-Difa’; participated in the Revolt of 1936 and the War of 1948; then worked for the Red Cross; joined the Iraqi forces; returned to Al-Difa’ newspaper, which had moved from Jaffa to Jerusalem; produced Al-Jihad newspaper with Salim Sharif and Mahmoud Abu Zulof, which became the main Jordanian newspaper at the time, until 1966, when it stopped following a Jordanian law to limit the number of daily newspapers; began publishing Ash-Sha’ab newspaper in Jerusalem on 21 July 1970; trained a number of Palestinian journalists, incl. Akram Haniyeh, who later became editor-in-chief of Al-Ayyam newspaper; had his office closed by the Israeli authorities and Ash-Sha’ab denied distribution several times for its political positions; died in Jerusalem on 23 March 2000.
