Aref al-Aref
Aref al-Aref | |
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عارف العارف | |
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| Mayor of East Jerusalem | |
| In office 1949–1955 | |
| Military Governor of Ramallah Governorate | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1892 |
| Died | 30 July 1973 (aged 80–81) |
| Education | Mulkiyya College in Istanbul |
| Occupation | Journalist, historian, politician |
Aref al-Aref (Arabic: عارف العارف; 1892–1973) was a Palestinian journalist, historian and politician. Born in Jerusalem in 1891, he studied in Constantinople (Istanbul) and joined Al-Muntada al-Adabi (The Literary Club) until he joined the Ottoman army during World War I. He was captured and spent three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, from where he escaped after the Russian Revolution and returned to Palestine. He served as mayor of East Jerusalem in the 1950s during the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank.