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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Nasser al-Din al-Nashashibi (1919 or 1920, Jerusalem - May 17, 2013, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian journalist and historian. He held several positions, including editor-in-chief of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Jumhuriya. He was also the general director of the Jordanian Radio, and secretary of the Palestinian delegation to the League of Arab States.
He was born in the city of Jerusalem in 1919 or 1920. He studied at the Rashidiyyah School, then at the National University in Aley, then at the American University in Beirut, where he obtained a BA in political science and economics. He returned to Jerusalem after that and worked on its radio as a literary commentator, and in 1945 he was the secretary of the Palestine mission to the League of Arab States. He was a co-editor-in-chief of the Egyptian newspaper Al-Jahmuriya and was close to Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He worked as an itinerant ambassador for the Arab League after the war of the year sixty-seven, after which he left Egypt, where an apartment was confiscated by the regime of President Nour Sadat after his visit to Jerusalem and the signing of a peace agreement with Israel. Al-Nashashibi wrote the book "Prayer without Mu'adh", which angered President Sadat, who prevented his return to Egypt and remained banned until the last day of his life.
She returned and settled in Jerusalem in the early nineties of the last century in his house in the Sheikh Jarrah Al-Naiq neighborhood in Jerusalem, and he called it Al-Kawthar Palace after the name of his mother, who loved him.
Journalist and writer Khalil Al-Asali, who was the closest to journalist and writer Nasreddin since his return to Jerusalem, issued a book entitled “A Lover of Pen and Troubles - The Story of Nassereddin Al-Nashashibi.”
His writings
Nasir al-Din al-Nashashibi has published more than 50 books. Some of his books:
Feverish Youth, 1949.
Steps in Britain, Cairo, 1949.
When they entered history, Beirut, 1956.
Palestine and Unity, 1959.
What happened in the Middle East, Beirut, 1960.
Return ticket, Beirut, 1961.
Achievements and Awards
Yemeni Unity Medal (2003)
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