Musa Alami

Musa Alami
Musa al-Alami in 1918
Founder and Chairman of the Arab Development Society
In office
1952–?
Private secretary to the High Commissioner of Palestine
In office
?–?
Personal details
Born(1897-05-03)3 May 1897
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died8 June 1984(1984-06-08) (aged 87)
NationalityPalestinian
Occupation
  • Politician
  • entrepreneur
  • philanthropist
Known forMusa Alami Farm
London Conference, St. James' Palace, February 1939. Palestinian delegates (foreground), left to right: Fu'ad Saba, Yaqub Al-Ghussein, Musa Alami, Amin Tamimi, Jamal Al-Husseini, Awni Abdul Hadi, George Antonious, and Alfred Roch. Facing the Palestinians are the British, with Sir Neville Chamberlain presiding. To his right is Lord Halifax and to his left, Malcolm MacDonald

Musa Alami (3 May 1897 – 8 June 1984) Arabic: موسى العلمي, Müsə al-‘Alāmi) was a prominent Palestinian nationalist and politician. Due to Alami having represented Palestine at various Arab conferences, in the 1940s, he was viewed by many as the leader of the Palestinian Arabs.[1]

  1. ^ Esco Foundation for Palestine Inc (1947). Palestine, a Study of Jewish, Arab, and British Policies. Vol. 2. Yale University Press. p. 1283 – via HathiTrust.