Daoud El-Issa

Daoud Bandaly El-Issa (Arabic: داود بندلي العيسى‎) was a Palestinian journalist. He managed the Filastin newspaper for a period of time, the newspaper which was established by his uncle Issa El-Issa in 1911, based in their hometown of Jaffa.[1] Filastin became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to Arab Nationalism and the cause of the Arab Orthodox in their struggle with the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine.[2][3][4][5][6]

Daoud El-Issa
Born(1903-09-10)10 September 1903
Jaffa, Ottoman Empire
Died1983 (aged 79–80)
Amman, Jordan
OccupationJournalist

He established the first Arab Orthodox Club in Jaffa with some of his friends on 4 September 1924. The administration of this club was in the Shuhaibar Building, Butmeh Road. Then he worked as the general manager of Filastin newspaper. He published Al-Bilad newspaper on 23 September 1951. He was later appointed general manager of the Jordanian Ad-Dustor newspaper of which he was a part owner.[7] Daoud became a member of Jordan Press Association in 1976.[8]

King Ali of Hejaz with Daoud El-Issa at the Jaffa port, sometime in 1933

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References
  1. Palestinian Personalities, Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), archived from the original on 16 March 2016, retrieved 25 July 2007
  2. Issa al Issa's Unorthodox Orthodoxy: Banned in Jerusalem, Permitted in Jaffa, Salim Tamari, 2014, Jerusalem Quarterly, Institute for Palestine Studies
  3. "Jaffa - يافا -Jaffa - Palestine Remembered". palestineremembered.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. "Filastin (journal)". Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. "محمد علي الطاهر : فلسطين – صور ، وثائق". eltaher.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. "إبراهيم سكجها « عين على الإعلام". eyeonmediajo.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. "Daoud El Issa (1903 - d.) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. "نقابة الصحفيين الاردنيين - مجلس النقابة". jpa.jo. Retrieved 6 September 2015.


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