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Nihad
Abu Gharbiya (1913 - April 26, 2009) was a Palestinian educator. He is
considered one of the most prominent Palestinian educators in the twentieth
century. He founded the Abrahamic College in Jerusalem in 1945.
his
life
Nihad
Olayan Abdel Aziz Olayan Abu Gharbiya was born in the city of Jerusalem in 1913
to a family whose origins go back to the city of Hebron. He was educated in the
city of Hebron and the Ibrahimi School in Jerusalem, and he had finished his
high school studies in 1929, and he obtained a degree from the Arab College in
1931. Then he worked as director of the Ibrahimi School in Jerusalem from 1931
until 1945, and he became its sole owner in 1935, when he developed it from one
school to another. College in 1945 and became its president.
He
was a member of the Municipal Council of Jerusalem from 1951 to 1967, and
obtained a BA in history from the University of London in the United Kingdom in
1955. He worked as a director of Arab farms in 1966, and was a member of the
Islamic Council from 1967 to 1973, and a member of the Muslim Youth Association
from 1967 to 1973, Chairman of the Private Schools Committee in Jerusalem from
1991 until his death, member of the Board of Trustees of the Faculty of Science
and Technology at Al-Quds University and the Vocational College of the Arab
Orphan Committee, and also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Abrahamic
College from 1983 until his death.
He
was also assigned by the Jordanian government to work with the Red Cross to
help the refugees in the city of Jericho during the Nakba of 1948 until 1952,
when he finished his work with the Red Cross and returned to his work at the
Abrahamic College.
In
2002, Nihad allocated the “Wajdi Nihad Abu Gharbia Award” for literary
creativity, which is an annual award for literary creativity among students of
Jerusalem secondary schools. It is named after his son, Wagdi, who died in 1999
at the age of 38.
his
death
He
died on April 26, 2009 AD, corresponding to Jumada al-Awwal 2, 1430 AH, at the
age of 96, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, mourned him. Where
many generations graduated from his hands in Palestine in general and Al-Quds
Al-Sharif in particular. The Education and Higher Education family and the
deans of colleges and higher institutes in Palestine also called him,
describing him as "the dean of men of education and higher education in
Palestine."
In
2010, the Abrahamic College launched the “Football Championship of the late
Nihad Abu Gharbia.”
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