Said Kamel Sabbagh (sold) (سعيد كامل الصباغ)
Said Kamel Sabbagh (1899 - 1967) (سعيد كامل الصباغ) was a Palestinian-Lebanese geographer known for publishing textbooks on the geography of the Arab world. He was born in Haifa and as a child moved to Sidon and then to Beirut. Initially schooled in commerce, he instead turned to teaching and education administration, work which brought him back to Haifa and then to Safed. During this time, he began to publish geographical works, for both a scholarly and general audience. Over his career, he authored or co-authored 14 books and late in life oversaw the production of a large wall map of Palestine on the eve of the First Arab-Israeli War which became a standard reference work for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
AKA: سعيد كامل الصباغ
Last Days of Mandatory Palestine.
A large wall map of Palestine as it appeared in 1948, in the waning days of the British Mandate, produced by the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center c. 1966. The map's compilation was overseen by Said Kamel Sabbagh, an accomplished Palestinian-Lebanese geographer, and it became the PLO's approved reference map for the Mandatory period. (more details)
Last Days of Mandatory Palestine.
A large wall map of Palestine as it appeared in 1948, in the waning days of the British Mandate, produced by the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center c. 1966. The map's compilation was overseen by Said Kamel Sabbagh, an accomplished Palestinian-Lebanese geographer, and thus represents the PLO's approved reference map for the Mandatory period. It represents the opening phase of the Nakba or 'Catastrophe.' (more details)