Birth: NULL/NULL/1903 Death:NULL/NULL/1995
Born in Jerusalem in 1903; early education at the Sultaniyyeh College in Istanbul, graduating in 1917; studied Literature and Philosophy at the AUB (1919) and at the University of London, majoring in Journalism and Political Science in 1930; began his career as editor of the English weekly Falastin published in Jaffa after 1929; served as Secretary to the fourth Palestinian delegation to London in 1930; became a district officer for the British authorities in 1931; served as Press Attaché to the British Consulate General in Beirut in 1938; rejoined the British Mandatory Government as Assistant Public Information Officer and Press Censor in charge of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv area in 1940; was appointed Controller of Arabic Programs and Publicity at the Palestine Broadcasting Services in 1944; received the Jordanian Independence Award in 1945 and the MBE (Member British Empire) Award from the British government in 1946; became member of the Rotary Club in 1932 and its Chairman in 1944; also member of the Islamic Sports Club in Jaffa; was named by King Abdullah I as governor of Ramallah on 15 May 1948; chairman of the Jordan delegation to the Mixed Armistice Commission in 1949; member of the Jordanian government in the 1950s, but resigned in 1955 in protest over Jordan joining the Baghdad Pact; died in 1995.
