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GHOURY,
EMIL |
Emil Ghoury who was
born in Jerusalem in 1907, graduated from St.George School in 1922
in Jerusalem and worked in his early day in Cook Tourist Agency
for seven years, and as active young Christian, he was elected secretary
for the Arab Orthodox Club in Jerusalem. He joined Cincinnati University
in Ohio; M.A. graduate in 1933. He was the founder and chief editor
of the English Weekly Arab Federation in Jerusalem which
was closed by British administration after nine months of its publishing.In
Autumn 1933, was elected member for the executive committee of the
Palestinian Seventh conference. In 1934. he founded another weekly
paper The Youth and the daily Arab Unity
but both papers were closed by the British administration. In 1934,
Email joined the Law school in Jerusalem and graduated as a Lawyer.
In 1935, Emil was elected as General Secretary for the Palestinian
Arab Party till the end of the British Mandate in 1947. The Party
was headed by Jamal Husseni and considered as the Muftis party.
In 1937, Emil was delegated by the Arab Higher Committee to establish
the Palestinian Arab office for media in London. It was the first
office of its kind ever founded. In 1938, the Arab Higher Committee
delegated him for the Arab Parliaments conference in Cairo and many
other activities in the region. In 1939, he toured the US for public
support and went back to Cairo where he lived for four years. In
1945-1948, he was chief editor of the daily paper Al-Wahda-the
Unity. In 1946, he was elected as a member in the Arab Higher
Committee. In 1948, he was elected General Secretary to the PNC
in Gaza. He was the author of many publications on Palestine..
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