Muhammad Jaber Al Safa

Muhammad Jaber Āl Safa
Born1875
Nabatiye, Ottoman Syria
Died1945
Nabatiye, Lebanon
OccupationHistorian, writer, poet, politician
Notable worksTārīkh Jabal ʻAmil (The History of Jabal Amil)
RelativesAhmad Rida (father-in-law)
Hisham Jaber (grandson)

Muhammad Jaber Āl Safa (also spelled Jabir Al Safa) (1875–1945) (Arabic: محمد جابر آل صفا) was a historian, writer and politician from Jabal Amel (in modern-day Lebanon), known for his founding role in the anti-colonialist Arab nationalist movement in the turn-of-the-century Levant.[1]

  1. ^ Chalabi, Tamara (2006). The Shi'is of Jabal `Amil and the New Lebanon: Community and Nation-State, 1918-1943, p.34