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Burhan Dajani

Personal Info

  • Country of residence: Jordan
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1920
  • Age: 102
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Burhan bin Ahmed Ragheb Al-Dajani (1920-2000) is a Jordanian writer, thinker, writer and researcher of Palestinian origin. He was born in Beit Dajan in Jaffa, western Palestine. He received his primary education in Beit Dajan, and the Omariya school in Jaffa. He completed his secondary education in the English schools in Safed, then obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut in 1940 and a Master's degree in 1944. He then worked in the Arab Bureau in Jerusalem and London from 1945-1948 and studied at the Institute of Law in Jerusalem and obtained a diploma from the Palestinian Law Institute in 1948.

 

He founded the weekly "Al-Hadaf" magazine in Jerusalem in 1950, following the Nakba of 1948, and established the Education Department of the UNRWA in the West Bank (1949 - 1950) and was appointed as its director.

 

He was appointed as a professor and lecturer to teach economics at the American University of Beirut (1953 - 1974), a visiting professor and lecturer at the Lebanese University and Beirut Arab University, he was chosen as Secretary-General of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Arab Countries (1955 - 2000), and contributed to the establishment of the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut ( 1962), and served as a founding member of its board of trustees. He also contributed to the founding of the Arab Cultural Club in Beirut (1956), and was elected its president, and was a member of the Arab League’s Advisory Committee for Economic Affairs. He was one of the founders of the Arab Nationalist Movement and one of the first advocates of establishing the market. Common Arab in 1941, which he saw as the realistic entrance to Arab unity.

 

In recognition of his efforts, the Lebanese government awarded him the Order of the Cedars in 2000.

 

Authors

He published several works, including:

 

"Lectures on Economic and Development in Jordan", Cairo, 1957.

"Analysis of Some Aspects of Economic Relations between Arab Countries", League of Arab States, Institute of Higher Arab Studies, Cairo, 1962.

“Peace Negotiations - Path, Choice and Possibilities”, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, 1973, number of pages: 188.

Writings on Politics, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, 2004.

"The Arab Economy", Beirut, 1958.

"The Economic Importance of Unity between Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan and Palestine", Master's Thesis, American University of Beirut, Department of Economics, 1944.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Question for 1964", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1973.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Cause for 1965", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1973.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Question for 1966", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1973.

Twenty-five years in the service of the Arab economy.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Question for 1967", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1973.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Question for 1968", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1973.

"The Yearbook of the Palestinian Question for 1969", Institute for Palestine Studies, 1972.

Economic Relations in the Arab Countries: Lectures given by Burhan Al-Dajani to the students of the Department of Economic and Social Studies in 1965, League of Arab States, Institute of Arab Research and Studies, 1966, number of pages: 63 pages.

"The Gulf Common Market", Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1975.

“Writings in the Economy”, Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut, 2004.

“Through Economic Development in the Arab World,” General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 1992, number of pages: 394 pages.

"Joint Arab-Foreign Chambers of Commerce", General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Arab Countries, Beirut, 1987.

The Arab Economy, Past and Future, Volume One, 1988.

"Strategy for Joint Arab Economic Action", Amman, Jordan, 1982.

“The Arab Economy, Achievement and Risks”, General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 2000, number of pages: 434 pages.

«Industry and Oil», General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 2000, number of pages: 284 pages.

«Arab Development and Arab Foreign Relations», General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, Arab-European Studies Center, 2000, number of pages: 341 pages.

«Money and Development Issues», General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 2000, number of pages: 273 pages.

“Arab development and its factors”, General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 2000, number of pages: 272 pages.

“Unity and Arab Economic Relations”, Series of Arab Economy, Past and Future, Center for Arab-European Studies, 2000, number of pages: 314 pages.

«Development Methods and Strategies», General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, 2000, number of pages: 377 pages.

Imperial and foreign interests in the Arab world: an economic study, written by Burhan Al-Dajani, Shafiq Al-Akhras and Amer Al-Sharif, the Arab Foundation for Studies and Publishing, 1971, number of pages: 220 pages.

“Economic interests in the service of Arab causes”, written by Burhan Al-Dajani, Shafiq Al-Akhras and Amer Ahmed Al-Sharif, 1973.

The Public Sector and the Private Sector in the Arab World: Research and Discussions of the Intellectual Symposium organized by the Center for Arab Unity Studies in cooperation with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, authored by Abbas Al-Nasrawi, Burhan Al-Dajani, Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Imam, Ismail Sabry Abdullah and Ibrahim Saad Al-Din, Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1990 .

“The Arab Economy, Population and Production”, General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, 1957.

The Palestinian Question and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Strategic View, Beirut, Lebanon: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 2008.

Translations

“Economic Institutions and their Relationship to Human Well-Being”, by John Morris, Beirut, 1958.

Stages of Economic Growth, authored by Rocher, translation, Beirut, 1960.

“The Caravan is the Middle East Story”, written by Con Carlton, translated by Burhan Dajani, Dar al-Thaqafa, Beirut, 1959.

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