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Sobhi Saad Eddin Ghosheh (March 31, 1929 - April 30, 2019): was a Palestinian intellectual, writer, and nationalist politician. He was born in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem in 1929, then obtained his BA in medicine from the American University of Beirut in 1953. He was one of the founders of the Arab Nationalist Movement with George Habash, Taysir Qubaa, and others. Then, in 1967, he established the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front. He served as a member of its Central Committee since then, until his death. He also established the Makassed Charitable Association in Jerusalem in 1954, from which he established the Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem in 1968. He also worked as a member of the Jerusalem Municipality and Municipality, before the setback of 1967. He founded the Palestinian Pharmacists and Doctors Union in 1974, and finally settled in Amman from 1991, until his death On April 30, 2019.
He authored several books chronicling the period he was in, especially Jerusalem. Among his most important books is the book "Jerusalem... Social Life in the Twentieth Century", which won the award for the best book on the social and demographic situation in Jerusalem within the Jerusalem Cultural Competitions Program of the Jordanian Ministry of Culture.
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