Yaqoub Farraj Explained

Yaqoub Farraj (Arabic: يعقوب نقولا فراج; also Romanized Ya'cub or Yacoub Farraj) was a Palestinian political leader during the British colonial period.^[1] He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem during the 1930s^[2] and succeeded Musa Kazem Pasha al-Huseini as head of the Palestine Executive Committee in 1934. He was described by historian Walid Khalidi as "doyen of the Palestinian Greek Orthodox community."

Notes and References

1. Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 291.
2. Web site: 2017-07-15 . Lest we forget — Christian Palestinians of Jerusalem . 2024-11-20 . Jordan Times . en.