Adel Zu'aiter Explained

Adel Zu'aiter (Arabic: عادل زعيتر ; also Romanized as Adil Zuaiter and Zu'aytir, among other spellings) (1895–1957) was a Palestinian lawyer and translator.^{[1] [2]}

As a lawyer, he voluntarily represented young political activists from Nablus who had been imprisoned under the British Mandate system. He was a "prolific translator from French into Arabic," whose translations included works from Rousseau, Voltaire, Anatole France, Montesquieu, and Lamartine.

He was the father of Wa'el Zu'aytir.^[3] His younger brother was Akram Zu'aiter.^[4]

References

1. Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora : A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 107.
2. "Adel Zuaiter." All 4 Palestine. https://all4palestine.com/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=6&mid=169&lang=en
3. Graham-Brown, Sarah J. "Before Their Diaspora." Middle East Report 139 (March/April 1986).
4. Kalisman . Falb . Schooling the State: Educators in Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan: c. 1890-c. 1960 . 2015 . UC Berkeley . en. P. 127.