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Anis Abdullah Sayegh (November 3, 1931 - December 25, 2009) was an Arab writer, researcher, and thinker. He headed the Palestinian Research Center and was the owner of the idea of the Palestinian Encyclopedia Project. Israel attempted to assassinate him in 1972 with a parcel bomb, as a result of which he was blinded and some of his fingers were amputated.
his life
Anis Sayegh was born in 1931 in Tiberias. His father was an evangelical priest who immigrated to Palestine from Syria, and his mother was born in Palestine to a father of Lebanese origin and a Palestinian mother. He began his secondary education at the Zion Boarding School in Jerusalem, but after the Nakba, he and his family moved to Sidon, Lebanon, where he completed high school at the Evangelical Arts School. He studied political science at the American University of Beirut and published several articles in Al-Hayat newspaper. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in 1953 and wrote, after graduating, for Al-Hayat newspaper and The Arab Week and published his first book, Lebanon Confessional. He joined the University of Cambridge in 1959 to complete his studies, obtaining a doctorate in political science and Arab history, and was appointed at the University of Cambridge as a professor in the Oriental Research Department. He returned to Beirut in 1964 and worked as editor-in-chief of the English-Arabic dictionary, which was funded by the Franklin Foundation until 1966, when he resigned in protest at Franklin's objection to the content of a symposium he delivered at the Arab Cultural Club. In the same year, he met with the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Ahmad Al-Shugairi, who proposed to him the idea of establishing a Palestinian encyclopedia.
his business
composed
Sectarian Lebanon, House of Intellectual Conflict, Beirut, 1955.
The Umayyad war fleet in the Mediterranean, Beirut, 1956
The Wall of Shame, Beirut, 1956.
Syria in ancient Egyptian literature, Beirut, 1957.
The Arab Idea in Egypt, Beirut, 1959.
The development of the national concept among the Arabs, Dar Al-Tali'ah, Beirut, 1961.
From Faisal I to Gamal Abdel Nasser: On the Concept of Political Leadership, Modern Library, Beirut, 1965.
The Hashemites and the Great Arab Revolt, Dar Al-Tali'ah, Beirut, 1966.
The Hashemites and the Question of Palestine, Al-Asriyyah Library, Beirut, 1966.
Palestine and Arab Nationalism, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut 1967.
The Military Balance of Power between the Arabs and Israel, The Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1967.
Municipalities of Occupied Palestine: 1948-1967, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut 1968.
Israeli Colonies Since 67, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1969.
Ignorance of the Palestinian Cause: A Study of Arab Academics' Information on the Palestinian Cause, Beirut, 1970.
Israeli politicians, Beirut 1970.
September 13th. Wrong and Right - Memories of the Year 2000, Beirut, 1994.
The Zionist Terrorism File, Beirut, 1996.
The Ten Commandments of the Zionist Movement, Al-Isra Center for Studies and Research, Beirut, 1998.
Half a Century of Illusions, Beirut, 1999.
Anis Sayegh, on the authority of Anis Sayegh, Riyadh Al-Rayes Books and Publishing, Beirut, 2006.
Translation
The Art of Journalism, Beirut 1958.
Winter Wheat, Beirut 1958.
Articles on the Palestinian Cause, Beirut 1956.
American Institutions and Systems, Beirut 1964.
Participation in editing
The Easy Arabic Encyclopedia, The Franklin Institute, Cairo 1965
Bible Dictionary, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1967.
Palestinian Studies, (in German), Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1967
Herzl Diaries, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1967.
From Zionist Thought, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1968.
Filastiniyat Part 1, Part 2, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1968-1969.
The Zionist Idea - Basic Texts, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1970
Commando Operations Outside Occupied Palestine, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1970
Editorial board
Al-Alia Magazine, Beirut, 1956-1959.
Palestinian Diaries Series, Volume 2-11, Palestinian Research Center, Beirut, 1966-1970.
Palestinian Affairs magazine from 1/3/1971 to April 1977.
his death
He died on Friday, December 25, 2009 in Amman, Jordan, at the age of 78.
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