Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 13. 12th June 1975
Forum on Palestine
Forum on Palestine
Mr. Sami Hadawi, M.B.E. will be travelling around N.Z. during mid-June on an NZUSA tour, speaking on campuses about Palestine. Mr. Hadawi is a Christian Arab (Anglican) born in Jerusalem, Palestine, now living in Toronto, Canada. He has a long record of political activity in support of the Palestinian people.
From 1920 to 1948 he served in the Palestinian Government, finishing up as Official Land Valuer and Inspector of Assessments in charge of the Land Taxation Systems of the country. In 1943 he was awarded the M.B.E. by H.M. King George for outstanding service.
From 1949 to 1952 he served as Chief of the Inland Land Revenue Section of the Ministry of Finance in the Jordan Government. Then until 1955 he was the Land Specialist to the Palestine Conciliation Commission at United Nations Head quarters in New York.
In 1955 Sami Hadawi, together with a fellow Palestinian, established the Palestine Arab Refugee Office in New York and served as Advisor on the Iraq Mission to the United Nations. From 1959 to 1965, he served as Director of Public Relations at the League of Arab States Office in New York and Advisor to the Yemen Mission to the United Nations; then as Director of the Arab Information Centre in Dallas, Texas. From 1965, Hadawi was Director of the newly established Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, Lebanon.
Now retired, Mr. Hadawi continues to write and deliver lectures on Palestine and Middle East affairs. He has, to date, published over 25 books and pamphlets, and written many articles. Principal among his writings are: Palestine, Loss of a Heritage, Bitter Harvest. Palestine in Focus, Palestine Diary Vol. I & II, The Middle East Reality Between War and Peace.
Mr. Hadawi has travelled extensively and spoken throughout the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Canada. This is his second world trip.
Hear Sami Hadawi,
Thursday June 19, Union Hall, 12 Noon.
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