Najeeb Mitry Saleeby (1870-1935) was a Lebanese-American physician who served the U.S. colonial occupation of the Philippines and who became an expert on and advocate for the Muslim population of the region. He held positions as the Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, Superintendent of Schools, and Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the US Volunteers. He became a premier expert on the Moros, Muslim peoples from the islands of Mindanao and Sulu.[1] Through his medical profession, advocacy for bilingual education, and critique of American imperialism, he dedicated his career to advancing Filipino welfare.[2] He spent most of his adulthood in the Philippines and died in Baguio in 1935.[3]
- ^ Saleeby, Najeeb M. (1913). The Moro Problem. Manila: E. C. McCullough & Co.
- ^ Marr, Timothy (2014). "Diasporic Intelligences in the American Philippine Empire: The Transnational Career of Dr. Najeeb Mitry Saleeby". Mashriq & Mahjar Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies. 2 (1): 78–106. doi:10.24847/22i2014.27. ISSN 2169-4435. S2CID 146659940.
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