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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Khairi al-Din Saleh Abu al-Jabin (Abu Nader; born in 1924 in Jaffa - died on October 26, 2020 in Kuwait City) was a Palestinian politician, teacher, journalist, and author. He was the first director of the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Kuwait between 1965 and 1969. He graduated in 1942 from the Rashidiyyah School in Jerusalem. He was the Secretary General of the Kuwait Football Association between 1957-1963. He obtained Kuwaiti citizenship in 1985. Awarded the Palestinian Order of Merit and Excellence in 2017.
Among his most important achievements is the establishment of the cooperative financial fund for Arab employees in the Ministry of Electricity and Water in Kuwait. As this fund was an alternative to the social insurance system for Kuwaiti employees. In addition to his establishment of schools affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which absorbed thousands of Palestinian students who were displaced after the Naksa in 1967 from the West Bank and Gaza to Kuwait.
of his writings
The story of my life in Palestine and Kuwait.
Tales of Jaffa.
History of Palestine in Postage Stamps.
his death
Abu Al-Jabeen died in Kuwait City on October 26, 2020, and was buried there.
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