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A leader of the Arab nationalist movement.

A leader of the Arab nationalist movement.

As secretary of the Syrian Congress, he read in 1920 in Damascus the proclamation of Syrian independence under the Crown of Faisal.

As secretary of the Syrian Congress, he read in 1920 in Damascus the proclamation of Syrian independence under the Crown of Faisal.

After the fall of Faisal he moved to Palestine, where he joined the ex-Mufti Amin al Husayni and became in 1931 secretary of the Muslim Congress in Jerusalem.<ref name=wiener/>

After the fall of Faisal he moved to Palestine, where he joined the Mufti Amin al Husayni and became in 1931 secretary of the Muslim Congress in Jerusalem.<ref name=wiener/>

In 1937 he represented the ex-Mufti's Arab Committee at the Congress in Bludan. At the beginning of [[World War II]] he was arrested by the French authorities in Syria and after his release in 1941 he moved to Turkey, where he stayed till the end of the war.<ref name=wiener/>

In 1937 he represented the ex-Mufti's Arab Committee at the Congress in Bludan. At the beginning of [[World War II]] he was arrested by the French authorities in Syria and after his release in 1941 he moved to Turkey, where he stayed till the end of the war.<ref name=wiener/>