Emil Ghuri ( ar, إميل الغوري, alternatively spelled Emil Ghoury) (1907–1984), a
Palestinian Christian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
who was Secretary-General of the
Arab Higher Committee (AHC), the official leadership of the
Arab
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s in
British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to:
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.
[David Tal (2004) "Israel-Arab War, 1948 -1949/ Armistices" Routledge p. 7] He was also the Secretary-general of the
Palestine Arab Party
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.
In May 1947 Ghuri was nominated by the AHC as a member of its delegation to represent it before the
United Nations
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in its special session for Palestine. Other people nominated for this delegation were
Jamal al-Husayni,
Henry Cattan,
Wasef Kamal,
Issa Nakhleh,
Rasem Khalidi.
See also
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Palestinian Christians
References
External links
Profile of Emil Ghuri, PASSIABiography of Emil Ghuri
Palestine Arab Party politicians
1907 births
1984 deaths
Palestinian Arab nationalists
Palestinian nationalists
Mandatory Palestine people of World War II
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