Raja El-Issa

Raja Issa El-Issa (Arabic: رجا عيسى ﺍﻟﻌﻴﺴﻰ (his surname also spelt al Issa and Elissa);[1] born 1922 in Jaffa, mandatory Palestine), was a Palestinian journalist. He completed his secondary schooling in Ramallah and then joined the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Eleven years before his birth, his father, Issa El-Issa founded the Falastin newspaper. He died on 1 December 2008 at the age of 86 in Amman.[2][3]

Raja El-Issa
Born
Died
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)Nadia Elissa

References

  1. Taylor & Francis Group (2004). The Middle East and North Africa 2004, Middle East and North Africa. Psychology Press, 2003. pp. 669. ISBN 9781857431841.
  2. قليوبى, طاهر اديب (2006). عائلات و شخصيات من يافا و قضائها. ISBN 9789953368351.
  3. عايدة, نجار،; Najjār, ʻāyidah (2005). صحافة فلسطين والحركة الوطنية في نصف قرن 1900-1948. ISBN 9789953367675.
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