Zuhair Al-Karmi

Zuhair Maḥmoud Sa`id Al-Karmi (Arabic:زهير الكرمي‎ 7 December 1921 – 29 November 2009) was a TV presenter, journalist, and author from Tulkarm, Palestine. He was a scientific program presenter on radio stations and Arab television, notably Jordan TV and JRTV.

He was known for presenting his documentary series "Al-`Elm Wa Al-Ḥayat" or (Knowledge and Life). He was the founder of Al-Quds University,

Early life and education Zuhair Maḥmoud Sa`id Ali Al-Karmi was born on 7 December 1921 in Damascus, Syria. He studied primary, middle, and secondary school in Palestine. In 1936, he enrolled in the Arab College in Jerusalem and obtained his secondary school diploma in 1937. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Sciences in 1941 from the American University of Beirut. He was initially a medical student, but his father's assassination in Beirut, Lebanon, led to him switching to studying Sciences.

He moved to Cairo, Egypt, in 1945 to study Arabic scientific terminologies before going to London where he obtained a master's degree in Biology from Imperial College London in 1948. before becoming the director of the general examinations department in the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem. He participated with a group of women the building blocks were placed by the Kuwaiti prince Jaber Al-Sabaḥ and the Jordanian King Hussein Bin Talal. In 1984, Al-Karmi founded Al-Quds University in addition to contributing to its development.

Publications Books:

(Three Volumes) (Nine Volumes)

Editing and Translations:

(editor) (translation editor) (translator)

Death Al-Karmi died on 29 November 2009 at the age of 87 in Amman, Jordan.