Faisal Husseini

Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (Arabic: فيصل عبدالقادر الحسيني) (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...

Husseini was born in Baghdad son of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, commander of local Arab forces during the siege of 1948 and grand-nephew of the Haj Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He studied in Cairo, Baghdad, and Damascus. He was a founding member of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) in 1959. Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907-1948) was a Palestinian nationalist and fighter who commanded the Arab Liberation Army in the war of 1948. ... Mohammad Amin al-Husayni Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. ... The title Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is predominantly used to refer to Mohammad Amin al-Husayni. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Damascus ( transliteration: , also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ...

Husseini went to work for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) upon its establishment in Jerusalem as deputy manager of the Public Organisation Dept, a post he filled from 1964 to 1965. He later received military training at the Damascus Military College after which he joined the Palestinian Liberation Army in 1967. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic: ‎;   or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary organization regarded by the Arab League since October 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... The Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) was set up as the military wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964, with the mission of fighting Israel. ...

In 1979, Husseini founded and became chairman of the Arab Studies Society.

In the 1980s, he was repeatedly placed under house and city arrest and was imprisoned several times.

In 1982, he became a member of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem. Subsequently he served as a Palestinian spokesperson, head of the Jerusalem National Council/Palestine, head of Palestinian delegation to the Middle East Peace Conference, head of the Fatah faction in the West Bank, and Palestinian Authority Minister without Portfolio. Muslim Council may refer to: American Muslim Council, an Islamic organization Muslim Council of Britain, an unincorporated association founded in 1997 Muslim American Public Affairs Council, an American-Muslim political and public advocacy group headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina Muslim Public Affairs Council, an American Muslim advocacy organization headquartered in... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ...

His last post was Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs for which he was based in East Jerusalem. He died while trying to mend relations between the Kuwaiti government and PLO which were broken at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. Combatants US-led Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf, Peter de la Billière, Khalid bin Sultan Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead, 1,000 wounded see section below The Gulf War or the Persian Gulf War (16 January 1991–28 February 1991)[1][2...

Husseini was considered a pragmatist by journalists. He taught himself to speak Hebrew and regularly appeared in radio and television shows in Israel to explain the Palestinians' point of view.

Following Husseini's death, Israeli police seized his headquarters, the Orient House. Orient House is the PLO headquarters in East Jerusalem. ...

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