Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, known as Azzam Pasha, was an Egyptian diplomat and politician.
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23 Facts About Azzam Pasha
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Azzam Pasha was the first Secretary-General of the Arab League, from 22 March 1945 to September 1952.
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Azzam Pasha was an Egyptian nationalist, one of the foremost proponents of pan-Arab idealism, and opposed the partition of Palestine.
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Abd al-Rahman Azzam Pasha's father, Hassan Bey, was born into an upper-class Arab family which became prominent during the first half of the nineteenth century in Shubak al-Gharbi, a village near Helwan.
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Azzam Pasha's father, Khalaf al-Saudi, was a landowner and shaykh and her mother's family descended from several Arabian Peninsula tribes.
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Abd al-Rahman Azzam Pasha, the eighth of twelve children, was born on 8 March 1893, in Shubak al-Gharbi.
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Azzam Pasha's family were fellahin dhwati, whose position was determined by land, wealth, and political power.
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The Azzam Pasha household was frequently home to gatherings of the village elite, and he developed an interest in politics at an early age.
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In 1903, the Azzam Pasha family moved to Helwan to facilitate Hassan Bey's attendance at government meetings in the city.
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The effendis who were frequent visitors to Shubak were now neighbors, and the friendships which quickly developed between the effendi children and Azzam Pasha led him to insist on attending a secular primary school instead of the Azhar.
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Azzam Pasha remained in Helwan through secondary school and, upon graduation, decided to study medicine.
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In London Azzam Pasha joined the Sphinx Society, a political group where he quickly became prominent.
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Azzam Pasha actively participated in the Libyan resistance against the Italians from 1915 to 1923.
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Azzam Pasha credited his tenure in the early Libyan resistance movement for his turn to Arabism.
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In 1945, Azzam Pasha was selected as the first Secretary-General of the Arab League during World War II.
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Azzam Pasha has come back with a totally different conception of things, West and not Eastern.
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Azzam Pasha attended an Arab League council meeting in Bloudan, Syria, between 12 and 18 June 1946, which discussed the dangers of a possible confrontation with the Zionist movement and the Arab support to the Palestinians.
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Azzam Pasha later returned to Egypt where he met J Rives Childs, and informed him of Arab decision to discuss Palestine with the United Kingdom which controlled the ground.
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Azzam Pasha was the son-in-law of Khalid Al Hud Al Gargani, a Libyan advisor of Saudi King Abdulaziz Al Saud.
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One of Azzam Pasha's daughters married to Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud, the son of Saudi King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan.
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Azzam Pasha died on 2 June 1976 in Cairo, and was later buried at Azam Mosque in Helwan.
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