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Person · Leader in Haifa; manager of the Arab Bank there from 1930
1889–1953
Born in Haifa in 1889, he represented the city at the Palestinian Arab congresses from the first, in January 1919, to the seventh, in 1928, and opposed both British rule and Jewish immigration. In 1930 he became manager of the newly founded Arab Bank in Haifa, and he presided over the Society of Muslim Youth until 1932, when his friend Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam succeeded him. On 21 April 1936 Haifa’s national committee, under his presidency, called the city to a general strike; the British interned him at Sarafand from June to October that year. He died in Amman in 1953.
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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.
Presided over Haifa’s national committee, which called the city’s general strike on 21 April 1936; interned by the British
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonRashid al-Haj Ibrahim was born in PlaceHaifa
Role: Born here: 1889, Haifa
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, Haifa
Evidence version:palquest-rashid-al-haj-ibrahim-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonRashid al-Haj Ibrahim participated in EventThe Great Revolt
Role: Presided over Haifa’s national committee, which called the city’s general strike on 21 April 1936; interned by the British
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “Haj Ibrahim presided over Haifa’s national committee, which, on 21 April 1936, initiated the call to the citizens of the city to go on a general strike”
Evidence version:palquest-rashid-al-haj-ibrahim-biography:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.