Emil Ghuri Explained

Emil Ghuri
Office:Secretary-General of the Arab Higher Committee
Predecessor:Amin al-Husseini
Office1:Secretary-General of the Palestine Arab Party
Birth Date:1907
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Nationality:Palestinian

Emil Ghuri (1907–1984) was a Palestinian politician who served as secretary-general of the Arab Higher Committee (AHC), the official leadership of the Arabs in Palestine.

Biography

Born in Jerusalem in 1907, Ghuri was the secretary-general of the Palestine Arab Party.[1] He coedited the Al Liwaa newspaper between 1935 and 1937.[2] He was one of the contributors of the Jerusalem based biweekly Al Awqat Al Arabiyya.[3]

In May 1947, Ghuri was nominated by the AHC as a member of its delegation to represent it before the United Nations General Assembly in its special session for Palestine in 1947 and 1948. Other individuals nominated for this delegation included Jamal al-Husayni, Henry Cattan, Wasef Kamal, Issa Nakhleh and Rasem Khalidi. He was the representative of the AHC until 1968. He died in Amman, Jordan, in 1984.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. David Tal (2004) "Israel-Arab War, 1948 -1949/ Armistices" Routledge p. 7
  2. Web site: Al Liwaa. National Library of Israel. 7 January 2024.
  3. Web site: ⁨⁨al-Awqat al-'Arabiyya⁩ - ⁨الأوقات العربية⁩⁩. The National Library of Israel. 20 October 2023.
  4. Book: Shaul Bartal. Jihad in Palestine: Political Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 5. Routledge. 2015. 978-1-317-51961-4. London; New York.