17 Facts About Boulos Shehadeh

Boulos Shehadeh was the founder of the newspaper Mirat Al Sharq.

Boulos Shehadeh worked as a correspondent for various newspapers and became a columnist for the Beirut-based newspaper Lisan al Hal.

Boulos Shehadeh's column was titled Ashwak wa zahr.

Boulos Shehadeh was a member of the Committee of Union and Progress.

Boulos Shehadeh had to leave his teaching and administrative post at the Orthodox School in 1907 due to a speech he gave in Haifa in which he expressed harsh criticisms against the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid.

Boulos Shehadeh returned to Palestine after the Young Turk Revolution in 1908 and continued to work as a teacher and journalist.

Boulos Shehadeh taught at the Orthodox School in Bethlehem and served as its principal until the beginning of World War I in 1914.

Boulos Shehadeh was then employed as a clerk in the Ottoman army in Beersheba.

Boulos Shehadeh worked as a pharmacist's assistant to his brother, Dr Niqula Shehadeh, who was serving as the official municipality physician in Jenin and the head of the military hospital.

Boulos Shehadeh was a teacher at the Rashidiya school in Jerusalem between 1919 and 1922.

Boulos Shehadeh founded a newspaper entitled Mirat Al Sharq of which the first issue appeared on 17 September 1919.

Boulos Shehadeh participated in the establishment of the Arab National Party in 1923.

Boulos Shehadeh was a member of the Arab Executive Committee between 1926 and 1938 and was part of the delegations that participated in the Arab Congresses held in Jerusalem, Haifa, and Nablus.

Boulos Shehadeh was among the founders of the National Defense Party in 1934.

Boulos Shehadeh was a member of the Muslim-Christian Association and was among the active figures of the Palestinian Episcopalian community.

Boulos Shehadeh was married to Mary Sarrouf, and they had three children: two sons, Aziz, and one daughter, Najla.

Boulos Shehadeh died in Jerusalem on 1 August 1943 and was buried in a cemetery in Ramallah.