Emile Touma

Emile Toma (1919-1985), was a political historian and philosopher and thinker. Emile was born in Haifa to an Arab Orthodox family in 1919. He studied in the Orthodox School in Haifa then he went to Jerusalem to the Zion College to complete his high school studies. He joined the Cambridge University and left it in 1939 when the World War II started. In that year he joined the Palestinian communists. In 1944 Tuma, Fuad Nassar and Emile Habibi established a new newspaper, Al-Ittihad , which pubilshed its first edition on 14 May 1944. He was arrested in Lebanon in 1948 and in 1949 he went back to Haifa and continued working as the editor of the Al-Ittihad newspaper. In 1965 he joined the eastrization foundation in Moscow where he got his PhD for his book "مسيرة الشعوب العربية ومشاكل الوحدة العربية". In 1942, along with Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi , and the late Mukhlis Amer , Habibi and Mufid Nashashibi , Toma was a founder of the Palestinian National Liberation League . Emile wrote 15 books and hundreds of articles about politics, history and culture. The Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian and Israeli Studies , establishmed in 1986, is named after him.

Emile Touma ( Arabic : إميل توما , Hebrew : אמיל תומא , born March 16, 1919 - died Aug. 27, 1985), was a Palestinian political historian, journalist and theorist. Emile was born in Haifa to an Arab Orthodox family in 1919. He attended the Orthodox School in Haifa , then went to Jerusalem to the Zion College to complete his high school studies. He enrolled in Cambridge University but left it in 1939 when World War II started. In that year he joined the Palestinian communists. In 1944 Touma, Fuad Nassar and Emile Habibi established a new newspaper, Al-Ittihad , which published its first edition on 14 May 1944. He was arrested in Lebanon in 1948. In 1949 he returned to Haifa and continued working as editor-in-chief of Al-Ittihad . In 1965 he joined the eastrization foundation in Moscow where he got his PhD in History for his dissertation on Arab nationalism , "The March of the Arab Peoples and the Problems of Arab Unity" ("مسيرة الشعوب العربية ومشاكل الوحدة العربية") In 1942, along with Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi , and the late Mukhlis Amer , Habibi and Mufid Nashashibi , Touma was a founder of the Palestinian National Liberation League . He wrote 15 books and hundreds of articles about politics, history and culture.

Emile Touma ( Arabic : إميل توما, Hebrew : אמיל תומא, March 16, 1919 – Aug. 27, 1985), was a Palestinian and Israeli Arab political historian, journalist and theorist. Emile was born in Haifa to a wealthy Orthodox Christian family in 1919. He attended the Orthodox School in Haifa , then went to Jerusalem to the St. George's School to complete his high school studies. He enrolled in Cambridge University but left it in 1939 when World War II started. In that year he joined the Palestine Communist Party . In 1944 Touma, Fuad Nassar and Emile Habibi established a new newspaper, Al-Ittihad , which published its first edition on 14 May 1944. In January 1947 Touma travelled to a conference of Communist parties of the British Empire in London, where he argued against partition of Palestine . He was arrested in Lebanon in 1948. In 1949 he returned to Haifa and continued working as editor-in-chief of Al-Ittihad . In 1965 he joined the eastrization foundation in Moscow where he got his PhD in History for his dissertation on Arab nationalism , "The March of the Arab Peoples and the Problems of Arab Unity" ("مسيرة الشعوب العربية ومشاكل الوحدة العربية") In 1942, along with Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi , and the late Mukhlis Amer , Habibi and Mufid Nashashibi , Touma was a founder of the Palestinian National Liberation League . He wrote 15 books and hundreds of articles about politics, history and culture. He was married to Chaia Karberg, an Israeli ceramic artist of Jewish background, originally from Moldova. Israel and the European Left .

Palestinian historian Emile Touma ( Arabic : إميل توما, Hebrew : אמיל תומא, March 16, 1919 – Aug. 27, 1985), was a Palestinian and Israeli Arab political historian, journalist and theorist. Emile was born in Haifa to a wealthy Orthodox Christian family in 1919. He attended the Orthodox School in Haifa , then went to Jerusalem to the St. George's School to complete his high school studies. He enrolled in Cambridge University but left it in 1939 when World War II started. In that year he joined the Palestine Communist Party . In 1944 Touma, Fuad Nassar and Emile Habibi established a new newspaper, Al-Ittihad , which published its first edition on 14 May 1944. In January 1947 Touma travelled to a conference of Communist parties of the British Empire in London, where he argued against partition of Palestine . He was arrested in Lebanon in 1948. In 1949 he returned to Haifa and continued working as editor-in-chief of Al-Ittihad . In 1965 he joined the eastrization foundation in Moscow where he got his PhD in History for his dissertation on Arab nationalism , "The March of the Arab Peoples and the Problems of Arab Unity" ("مسيرة الشعوب العربية ومشاكل الوحدة العربية") In 1942, along with Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi , and the late Mukhlis Amer , Habibi and Mufid Nashashibi , Touma was a founder of the Palestinian National Liberation League . He wrote 15 books and hundreds of articles about politics, history and culture. He was married to Chaia Karberg, an Israeli ceramic artist of Moldovan-Jewish background. Israel and the European Left .