Musa Alami
Musa Alami (born May 3, 1897 in Jerusalem , † June 8, 1984 in Amman , Jordan ; Arabic موسى علمي, DMG Mūsā ʿAlamī ) was a Palestinian nationalist and politician.
Life
The son of a distinguished family studied at Trinity College in Cambridge law and then worked for the administration of justice of the British Mandate government , most recently as private secretary to General Arthur Grenfell Wauchope , the High Commissioner for Palestine in the 1930s.
His grandfather Musa Alami , like his father Faidi Alami, was mayor of Jerusalem .
literature
- Sir Geoffrey Furlonge: Palestine is My Country: The Story of Musa Alami . Praeger Publishers, NYC 1969 (English)
Web links
- Obituary The New York Times , June 16, 1984
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SURNAME | Alami, Musa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | موسى علمي (Arabic) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian nationalist and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |
DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1984 |
Place of death | Amman |