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Person · Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, 1936; of the Independence Party
1889–1970
Born in Nablus in 1889, he studied law in Istanbul and Paris, where in 1911 he was a founder of the secret Young Arab Society, and was adviser and secretary to Faisal in Paris, London and Damascus. On 2 August 1932 he signed the announcement that reconstituted the Independence Party in Jerusalem. When the general strike was proclaimed in April 1936 he became secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, chaired by Haj Amin al-Husseini, and after the Peel report of 1937 argued the case against partition in Baghdad and Geneva. He died in Cairo on 15 March 1970.
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الثورة الفلسطينية الكبرى
Wider context · timing qualified
A nationwide Palestinian uprising against British rule, from April 1936 to the late summer of 1939: a six-month general strike, then an armed revolt, which Britain put down by force.
Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee from April 1936
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonAwni Abd al-Hadi was born in PlaceNablus
Role: Born here: 1889, Nablus
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s header: born 1889, Nablus
Evidence version:palquest-awni-abd-al-hadi-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonAwni Abd al-Hadi participated in EventThe Great Revolt
Role: Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee from April 1936
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “When the General Strike was proclaimed in April 1936 to protest British policies, Abd al-Hadi assumed the post of Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee chaired by Haj Amin al-Husseini.”
Evidence version:palquest-awni-abd-al-hadi-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.