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Zuhair Abd al-Majid al-Fahoum (b. 1935 - d. 2009 AD) was one of the men of education in Israel, a Palestinian historian and researcher.
His birth and upbringing
Zuhair al-Fahoum was born in Nazareth in 1935, and he is a descendant of the al-Fahoum family, one of the largest families in Palestine. He grew up between Nazareth and the displaced village of Indore. He received his primary education at the Shihab El-Din School in Nazareth, and finished his secondary education at the Municipal High School.
He joined the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, studying history and education, then continued his studies for a master's degree.
His career in education
He began his practical career in the fifties of the twentieth century, as he was a teacher of the Arabic language, and moved between a number of Arab villages and cities in Israel, so he taught in Haifa, Ibtan, and Bir al-Maksur, and eventually settled as a teacher at Ibn Khaldun Preparatory School in the city of Nazareth, then he rose to become a director He joined the school in 1975, and remained in his position until he retired in 1995.
his death
He died in 2009 in Haifa, and was buried in Nazareth.
His writings
The Crusades: The Day of Hattin and the Fruits of Victory, Nazareth, 1996.
The Crusades, The Third Crusade: Saladin and Richard the Lionheart, Nazareth, 1998.
Palestine: Victims and Executioners, Palestine in the Late Ottoman Era, Nazareth, 2009.
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