Said Aburish

Said Aburish (full name Saʿīd Muḥammad Khalīl ʾAbū Rīsh) (Arabic: سعيد محمد خليل أبو الريش;‎ 1 May 1935 – 29 August 2012), was a Palestinian journalist and writer.[1] Aburish was born in al-Eizariya (also known as "Bethany") in 1935, and he and his family moved to Beirut in 1948; during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and through the years 1948–67, the site was controlled by Jordan.[2] Aburish attended school in Jerusalem and Beirut. He returned to Beirut in the 1950s as a reporter for Radio Free Europe and the London Daily Mail. He returned to al-Eizariya in 2009, dying there in 2012.[3]

  1. ^ Lycett, Andrew (6 September 2012). "Said Aburish obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ Houk, Marian (18 September 2012). "Said Aburish: Writer whose works shed much valuable light on affairs of the Middle East". The Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ Martin, Douglas (7 September 2012). "Said K. Aburish, Palestinian Journalist, Dies at 77". New York Times.