Ihsan Abbas
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Ihsan Abbas was a Palestinian professor at the American University of Beirut, and was considered a premier figure of Arabic and Islamic studies in the East and West during the 20th century. The "autho
Ihsan Abbas
Arab College (Jerusalem)
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The Arab College in Jerusalem was a secondary school in British Mandatory Palestine. The Arab College operated from 1918 until 1948, when it was swept away during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Ihsan Abbas
…of the latter due to the memories it brought him. Growing up in Mandate Palestine, Abbas completed high school in Haifa and Acre before attending the Arab College in Jerusalem from 1937 to 1941. Abbas then spent the next four years teaching at a college in Safed and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in…
The college during a sports event in 1942