Emil Ghuri

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.

Emil Ghuri
Secretary-General of the Arab Higher Committee
Preceded byAmin al-Husseini
Secretary-General of the Palestine Arab Party
Personal details
Born1907
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died1984 (aged 76–77)
NationalityPalestinian

Biography

Born in Jerusalem in 1907, Ghuri was the secretary-general of the Palestine Arab Party.[1][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.[1] He died in Amman, Jordan, in 1984.[1]

References
  1. Shaul Bartal (2015). Jihad in Palestine: Political Islam and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. London; New York: Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-317-51961-4.
  2. David Tal (2004) "Israel-Arab War, 1948 -1949/ Armistices" Routledge ISBN 0-7146-5275-X p. 7
  3. "⁨⁨al-Awqat al-'Arabiyya⁩ - ⁨الأوقات العربية⁩⁩". The National Library of Israel. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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