Emil Ghuri (; 1907–1984) was a Palestinian politician who served as secretary-general of the

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(AHC), the official leadership of the

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s in

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Biography

Born in Jerusalem in 1907, Ghuri was the secretary-general of the

Palestine Arab Party The Palestinian Arab Party ( ''‘Al-Hizb al-'Arabi al-Filastini'') was a political party in Palestine established in May 1935 by the influential Husayni family. Jamal al-Husayni was the founder and chairman. Emil Ghuri was elected general sec ...

. He coedited the ''

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'' newspaper between 1935 and 1937. He was one of the contributors of the Jerusalem based biweekly '' Al Awqat Al Arabiyya''. In May 1947, Ghuri was nominated by the AHC as a member of its delegation to represent it before the

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in its special session for Palestine in 1947 and 1948. Other individuals nominated for this delegation included

Jamal al-Husayni Jamal al-Husayni (; 1894–1982), was born in Jerusalem and was a member of the Husayni family. Husayni served as Secretary to the Executive Committee of the Palestine Arab Congress (1921–1934) and to the Muslim Supreme Council. He was co-f ...

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, Wasef Kamal, Issa Nakhleh and Rasem Khalidi. He was the representative of the AHC until 1968. He died in Amman, Jordan, in 1984.

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Profile of Emil Ghuri, PASSIABiography of Emil Ghuri
1907 births 1984 deaths Palestine Arab Party politicians Palestinian Arab nationalists Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine people of World War II St. George's School, Jerusalem alumni Palestinian Christians Palestinian emigrants to Jordan Arab people from Ottoman Palestine 20th-century Palestinian journalists Journalists from Jerusalem {{Palestine-politician-stub