The Arab College in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

was

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

in British Mandatory Palestine. The Arab College lasted from 1918 until 1948, when it was swept away in the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

. The British administration began an education system in the former Ottoman lands which consisted of primary schools in the largest towns and a boarding secondary school, the Government Arab College, in Jerusalem. The chief role of the Arab College was to train teachers for the primary schools, which were gradually being added to smaller towns and villages. For a time its principal was the influential Ahmad Samih Khalidi, father of

Walid Khalidi Walid Khalidi ( ar, وليد خالدي, born 1925 in Jerusalem) is an Oxford University-educated Palestinian people, Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the 1948 Palestinian exodus, Palestinian exodus. He is a co-founder of the ...

and

Tarif Khalidi Tarif Khalidi ( ar, طريف الخالدي; born 24 January 1938) is a Palestinian historian who now holds the Shaykh Zayid Chair in Islamic and Arabic Studies at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Family Khalidi is the son of Ahma ...

. By the time of its demise, the Arab College had become the most prestigious school for Arab students in Palestine. The buildings were used as UN headquarters for a few years after the war. Arab_College_Jerusalem_1942

Alumni

Ihsan Abbas Ihsan Abbas (December 2, 1920 – January 29, 2003) was a Palestinian professor at the American University of Beirut, and was considered a premier figure of Arabic and Islamic studies in the East and West during the 20th century. The "author of ...

Haidar Abdel-Shafi Haidar Abdel-Shafi (Heidar Abdul-Shafi) ( ar, حيدر عبد الشافي June 10, 1919 – September 25, 2007), was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader who was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conf ...

Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (, he, עבד אל-עזיז א-זועבי; 4 February 1926 – 14 February 1974) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and the Alignment from 1965 until his death in 1974. When appoint ...

Halil-Salim Jabara Halil-Salim Jabara ( ar, خليل سليم جبارة, he, חליל-סלים ג'בארה; 1913–1999) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Ahdut HaAvoda between 1964 and 1965. Biography Born in Tayibe or Ti ...

Ismail Khalidi Ismail Ragib Khalidi ( ar, إسماعيل راغب الخالدي; November 13, 1916 – September 2, 1968) was a senior political affairs officer for the United Nations Department of Political Affairs. Khalidi was born in Jerusalem, then still ...

Salem Hanna Khamis Salem Hanna Khamis ( ar, سالم حنا خميس) (November 22, 1919 – June 16, 2005) was a Palestinian economic statistician for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization who helped formalise the Geary-Khamis method of computi ...

Abdullah Rimawi Abdullah Rimawi ( ar, عبد الله الريماوي; also spelled ''Abdullah ar-Rimawi'', 1920 – 5 March 1980) was the head of the Ba'ath Party in Jordan in the 1950s. He served as Foreign Affairs Minister in Suleiman Nabulsi's government in ...

Hasib Sabbagh Hasib Sabbagh ( ar, حسيب الصباغ), (also spelled Hassib) (1920 – 12 January 2010) was a Palestinian businessman, activist, and philanthropist. Personal life and education Sabbagh came from a Palestinian Christian family in Safed in Pal ...

References

Defunct schools in the State of Palestine Mandatory Palestine History of Palestine (region) Educational institutions established in 1918 Educational institutions disestablished in 1948 1918 establishments in British-administered Palestine Organizations based in Mandatory Palestine 1948 disestablishments in the West Bank Governorate Defunct secondary schools {{Palestine-school-stub