Birth: NULL/NULL/1865 Death:NULL/NULL/1947
Born in Ein Einub, Lebanon in 1865; was educated in Lebanon; worked as a pharmacist for the Scottish Hospital in Tiberias; then worked in the field of agriculture; founder (in Haifa in 1908) and editor of Al-Karmel, the first Palestinian weekly tackling issues related to the domination of the Zionist movement (until it was closed down by the British government in 1940); was nicknamed the Sheikh of Palestinian Journalists; was the major force behind the foundation of different associations in Haifa, aimed at restricting land sale to Zionist organizations since 1910; published a book entitled Zionism: Its History, Objective and Importance (Arabic, 1911) in which he described Zionism as a racist movement that aims to replace the Palestinians in the Holy Land; favored the program of decentralization of Palestine but maintained his Ottoman loyalty coupled with Palestinian patriotism; was imprisoned in Damascus by the Ottoman authorities in 1918; established the Arab Party in Nazareth that same year; traveled to Karak, Jordan, in 1924 with Jordanian poet Mustafa Wahbi At-Tal, calling for Arab Union; has written several novels and plays as well as numerous critical articles on Zionism; died in Al-Sheikh neighborhood, Haifa, on 28 Dec. 1947.
