16 Facts About Fayez Sayegh

Fayez Sayegh was an Arab-American diplomat, scholar and teacher.

Fayez Sayegh was one of the most significant scholars who developed various analyses on the Palestinian resistance movement against Zionism.

Fayez Sayegh was one of Abdullah Sayigh and Afifa Batruni's six sons, including Yusif Sayigh, Anis Sayigh and Tawfiq Sayigh.

Fayez Sayegh's father was of Syrian origin, and his mother was a native of al-Bassa.

Fayez Sayegh received his bachelor's degree from the American University of Beirut in 1941 and his master's degree from the same university in 1945.

Fayez Sayegh was later expelled from the party after Antoun Saadeh returned to Lebanon in 1947, following his exile.

Fayez Sayegh taught at a number of universities, including Yale, Stanford, Macalaster College, as well as at his alma mater AUB and at the University of Oxford.

Fayez Sayegh established the Palestine Research Center in Beirut in 1965 and served as its director-general for one year.

Fayez Sayegh was instrumental in the establishment of Shu'un Filastiniyya which was started by the Palestine Research Center in 1971.

Fayez Sayegh was the major contributor of the United Nations General Assembly's Resolution 3379 adopted in 1975.

Fayez Sayegh was one of the early scholars who analyzed the negative effects of the sectarianism in Lebanon.

Fayez Sayegh argued that not only a political change but a social change should occur for the unified Arab societies.

Fayez Sayegh was the first scholar who developed the concept of the Zionist settler colonialism.

Fayez Sayegh challenged Israel's arguments in the UN, asserting that resolutions regarding occupied territories need not be "two-sided" since there is only one set of occupied territories.

Fayez Sayegh expressed empathy for all who suffer foreign occupation, urging UN delegates to uphold international law and human rights.

Fayez Sayegh died in New York City in 1980 and was buried in Beirut.