Birth: NULL/NULL/1902 Death:NULL/NULL/1984
Born in Shafa Amr on 14 Dec. 1902; educated at the Frères, Greek Orthodox and Maronite schools in Haifa, then at St. George’s Anglican School in Jerusalem; graduated from the AUB with a B.Com. in 1924; also taught at the AUB; returned and established his own accounting office in Jerusalem (Saba & Co.) in 1926, after qualifying as a Certified Accountant (A.C.C.A.); later established branches in Haifa and Jaffa, then in Beirut, Amman, Damascus and, after 1948, in all other Arab countries; helped in the establishment of the Arab Bank in 1930; also helped set up the Palestinian National Fund; was a leading member of the Palestine Arab Party; was active in resisting the Zionist threat and was appointed Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee in 1936; as such, was exiled together with other Committee members to the Seychelles Islands in 1937 by the British Mandate authorities; was released in 1939; was member of the Palestinian delegation to the Roundtable Conference at St. James’ Palace in London in Feb. 1939, where he rejected the British White Paper proposals; settled in Beirut until 1942, when he was allowed to return to Jerusalem; resumed work in his accounting firm; was instrumental in founding Arabia Insurance Co. and Al-Mashriq Investment Co.; in 1948, moved Saba & Co.’s Head Office to Beirut, from where he and his partners expanded into the Arabian Gulf, Iraq and North Africa; passed away in Beirut in Aug. 1984.
