About Raja El-Issa
Lived 1922 – 2008 (aged 86). Raja El-Issa was a journalist.
Raja Issa El-Issa (1922 – December 1, 2008) was a Palestinian journalist.
Early life El-Issa was born in Jaffa to the prominent Palestinian Christian El-Issa family. The family is known for its 'intellect, politics and literature'. Eleven years before his birth, his father Issa El-Issa founded the pioneering Falastin newspaper.
Career El-Issa took the managers position of the newspaper after his father's death, and later became the first chairman of the Jordan Press Association in Amman, Jordan, 1956. The slogan El-Issa advocated in the press sector for nearly a quarter of a century was the saying of Mustafa Kemal: "Freedom is not dear to a people who work to obtain it. They strive to achieve it... the rock melts and crumbles as the water falls on it drop by drop."
On Falastin, He died on 1 December 2008 at the age of 86 in Amman.
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Who was Raja El-Issa?
Palestinian journalist
When was Raja El-Issa born?
Raja El-Issa was born on 14 October 1922 in Jaffa.
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Raja El-Issa died on 1 December 2008 in Amman, Jordan.
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Raja El-Issa was a journalist.
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