Sami Hadawi

Sami Hadawi (; March 6, 1904 – April 22, 2004) was a Palestinian scholar and author. He is known for documenting the effects of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on the Arab population in Palestine and publishing statistics for individual villages prior to Israel's establishment. Hadawi worked as a land specialist until he was exiled from Jerusalem after a fierce battle in his neighborhood between Israeli and Jordanian forces. He continued to specialize in documenting Palestine's lands and published several books about the 1948 Palestine war and the Palestinian refugees.

Early life Hadawi was born in Jerusalem to Palestinian Anglican Christian parents. His father was a soldier in the army of the Ottoman Empire and died in combat during World War I. In 1915, after his father's death, Hadawi's family moved to Amman, Jordan. Three years later, he worked as an unofficial interpreter for the British Army and then moved back to Palestine the year after to work as a clerk for the Land Registration Office.

His interest in the structure of Arab villages began with his job there and then his job at the Land Settlement Department from 1920 to 1927. Hadawi eventually became an inspector and land value assessor from 1938 to 1948 and was the major contributor to the Village Statistics, 1945: A Classification of Land and Area Ownership in Palestine, a document detailing demographics and land ownership in Mandatory Palestine.

Publications Land ownership in Palestine, New York: Palestine Arab Refugee Office, 1957 Palestine partitioned, 1947–1958, New York: Arab Information Center, 1959 Israel and the Arab minority, New York: Arab Information Center, 1959 Israel according to Holy scriptures, Dallas, Texas : [s.n.], 1960 Palestine: questions and answers. , New York: Arab Information Center, 1961 German reparation versus Israeli confiscations, New York: Arab Information Center, 1961 Who benefits from anti-Semitism, New York: Arab Information Center, 1961 Palestine Loss of Heritage, San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Co., 1963 Palestine in the United Nations New York : Arab Information Center, 1964 (Information paper #24) Bitter Harvest: Palestine 1914–1967, New York: New World Press, 1967 The case of Palestine before the 23rd session of the United Nations, October–December 1968, 1969 Palestine in focus, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center: 1969 Village statistics, 1945: A classification of land and area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center: 1970 The Palestine Diary : Volume I and II, New World Press: 1972 Crime and no punishment: Zionist Israeli terrorism, 1939–1972 (Palestine essays), Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center: 1972 Bitter Harvest, Palestine Between 1914–1979, Caravan Books: 1979 The Jews, Zionism, and the Bible: (a study of 'Biblical' and 'historical' claims) , Toronto, Ontario: The Arab Palestine Association, 1981 Palestinian Rights and Losses in 1948: A Comprehensive Study, Saqi Books: 2000