Mu'in al-Madi was a Palestinian Arab politician and member of the Arab Higher Committee.
16 Facts About Mu'in al-Madi
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Mu'in al-Madi was one of the founders of the al-Istiqlal party, which espoused Arab nationalism.
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The al-Madi family rose to prominence in the first half of the 19th century under Sheikh Mas'ud al-Madi, originating from Ijzim where they owned considerable amounts of land.
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Mu'in al-Madi received his primary education at the government-run al-Rushdiyya School in Haifa, finishing in 1908.
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Mu'in al-Madi later enrolled in the al-Mulkiyya School in Istanbul where he learned the Turkish language.
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In 1914, Mu'in al-Madi was elected head of Acre's municipality and then leader of Baysan.
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From 1918, Mu'in al-Madi was among the focal members of an emerging group of Arab nationalists based in Haifa and linked to the pan-Arab movement of Syria which included Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim, a prominent businessman and local Haifan leader.
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Mu'in al-Madi had previously joined the nationalist underground organization, al-Fatat.
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Mu'in al-Madi served under the short-lived Damascus-based government of King Faisal ibn al-Hussein, a Hashemite, in 1920.
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Mu'in al-Madi was one of the few members in this movement to make compromises with the question of establishing an Arab Legislative Council.
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Mu'in al-Madi was one of the organizers of the 1933 anti-British demonstrations in Jaffa.
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Mu'in al-Madi was later appointed to the Arab Higher Committee, established in early 1936 by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni.
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Mu'in al-Madi successfully managed to convince Yasin al-Hashimi, the Prime Minister of Iraq, to release Fawzi al-Qawuqji from the army to lead an Arab volunteer army against the British in Palestine.
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Mu'in al-Madi was again sent to Iraq in January 1937, as well as to Riyadh, to garner support for the Arab revolt in Palestine that was initiated the year prior.
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Mu'in al-Madi was exiled with most of the Palestinian Arab leadership and was one of the first leaders to meet with al-Husayni in Lebanon to discuss a new Arab strategy.
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In January 1938, the French Mandate authorities had Mu'in al-Madi banished to Alexandretta in northern Syria.