Surgeon, lecturer, Islamic University, Gaza. Member, Council for Higher Education, elected in 1990 chaiman of Arab Medical Association of Gaza.

Born in 1929 in Ramallah. Studied in Ramallah, then entered university and studied pharmacy for three years at Houston University in Texas. Worked as a pharmacist for 12 years in Ramallah. Was elected as Head of Ramallah Municipality Council from 1960-1964. Operated Al-Zaro Travel Agency, which he owned, until 1968. Became Mayor of Ramallah from 1964-1972. In August 1972 he became a Minister of Transport in the Jordanian Government. In September 1972, he became a member of the Higher Executive Committee of the Arab National Union. A member of the Administration Council of the Jerusalem Electricity Company from 1964-1969, and a member of the Administration Council of Ramallah Water Authority from 1962-1969.

Author, lawyer and translator from Nablus (translated, among others, works of Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire); co-founder of an opposition party (The People's Party, opposing the traditional leadership and its national movement) in April 1925; elected in Nablus to the 7th Congress of the Arab Executive Committee in June 1928; member of the Arab Executive in 1932.

Born in Beirut. Moved to Palestine and joined the English College in Jerusalem as a teacher of Arabic Language. He combined the spirit of knowledge and the spirit of nationalism. He left no written texts, and is not survived by any offspring.