Yaqoub Farraj

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.[1] He was described by historian Walid Khalidi as "doyen of the Palestinian Greek Orthodox community."[1]

References


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

 

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