Emile Habiby

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Emile Habiby


Born
in Haifa
January 28, 1922

Died
May 02, 1996


Also Emile Habibi
(Arabic: إميل حبيبي)

Habibi (Habiby) was an Palestinian Christian writer and politician .

He was born in today's Israel, which at that time was part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Born in to a Protestant Palestinian Arab family (his family had originally been Arab Orthodox but converted to Protestantism due to disputes within the Orthodox church) In his early life he worked on an oil refinery and later was a radio announcer. Under the Mandate he became one of the leaders of the Palestine communist party. When the 1948 Arab-Israeli War began in 1948 he stayed in Haifa while many others chose or were forced to leave the country. As a result he was granted Israeli citizenship. After the war he helped to create The Israeli
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“But what about the secret I bear?" I asked.
"Tell it to the world," he advised.
And that is what I am doing.”
Emile Habiby

“Conquerors, my son, consider as true history only what they have themselves fabricated.”
Emile Habiby

“So I knew then that she loved me; and I therefore loved her. I have always known that I will inevitably fall in love with any woman who loves me.”
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