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Shu'un Filastinyya
''Shu'un Filastiniyya'' () is a quarterly theoretical journal published by the Palestine Research Center which is one of the agencies of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The journal has been in circulation since 1971 with some interruptions. It is based in Ramallah, Palestine. It was edited by various well-known Palestinian figures, including Anis Sayigh, Sabri Jiryis and Mahmoud Darwish and was developed by an Egyptian developer Mrs Ola Farid. History and profile ''Shu'un Filastiniyya'' was first published in March 1971. It is published by the Palestine Research Center which is also its founder. Fayez Sayigh, a scholar and the founding director of the Center in 1965, contributed to the establishment of the journal. ''Shu'un Filastiniyya'' was headquartered in Beirut where it was printed until the issue 136 dated April 1983. It temporarily ceased publication shortly after the Palestine Research Center was attacked in April 1983. The journal resumed publication in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anis Sayigh
Anis Sayigh ( November 3, 1931 - December 25, 2009) was an Arabs, Arab Palestinians, Palestinian historian. He chaired the Palestine Research Center and was one of the main driving forces behind the ''Palestinian Encyclopedia''. He was the target of an Israeli assassination attempt in 1972, receiving a letter bomb which resulted in a partial loss of his eyesight and loss of several fingers. Biography Anis Sayigh was born in 1931 in Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine, Palestine to a Syrian Father and a Palestinian mother. His father was an Anglican minister. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, his family fled to Sidon, Lebanon, where he went to high school. He had five brothers, including Yusif Sayigh and Tawfiq Sayigh, and a sister, Mary. Sayigh studied political science at the American University of Beirut and received his bachelor's degree in 1953. After graduating, he wrote for ''Al-Hayat'' and ''Al-Arab, Arab Week'', and published his first book ''Lubnan at-Ta'ifi'' (Sectarian Leba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |