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Mohammad Hussein Alfarra

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Jordan
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1927
  • Age: 86
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Was born in Khan Younis on 1 Jan. 1927, elementary and secondary education in Jaffa graduating in 1946; became Sec.-Gen. of An-Najada national organization in Jaffa and the Arab Students’ Organization in 1947. He served as Secretary of the Security Council formed in the Arab Orthodox Club in Jaffa in 1947 aiming to protect the city from Zionist expansion; received a BA from Suffolk University in 1950 and a higher degree in Law from Bosto

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He was an Exec.Committee member and served as Vice-Pres. of the Arab Student Organization in the US in the mid 1950s; worked for the Arab League Promotion Office as Head of the UN Dept. from 1955-59, also he was consultant for the Syrian delegation to the UN in 1957, providing resources about the Palestinian Question. after the declaration of the United Arab Union, was appointed Jordanian deputy representative to the UN in New York in 1959, worked in the Jordanian representative office in Cairo in 1963, was appointed Jordanian delegate to the UN in 1965 and became its representative to the UNSC in 1967, served as Jordanian deputy representative to Spain in 1970, currently works as freelance writer.

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