Suleiman Mousa

Suleiman Mousa
سليمان الموسى
Born(1919-06-11)11 June 1919
Died9 June 2008(2008-06-09) (aged 88)
Amman, Jordan
NationalityJordanian
OccupationWriter / Historian
Years active1935 until his death
Notable workT.E. Lawrence: An Arab View, History of Jordan in the 20th century, Biography of Sherif Hussein Bin Ali, Jordan in the 1948 War, The Great Arab Revolt
SpouseGeorgette Nuseir

Suleiman Mousa (Arabic: سليمان الموسى) (11 June 1919 – 9 June 2008) was a Jordanian author and historian born in Al-Rafeed, a small village north of the city of Irbid.[1][2] He wrote up to fifty books of which most prominent are Biography of Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, Jordan in the 1948 War, Great Arab Revolt, History of Jordan in the 20th century, and was the first and only Arab author to write about Lawrence of Arabia and show the Arab perspective.[1][3][4]

His book T.E. Lawrence: An Arab View was published in 1966 and translated into English, French and Japanese. It was written after a study that had convinced him that although there were many books written to praise Lawrence and others written to discredit him, all of them exaggerated his part in the Arab Revolt and failed to do justice to the Arabs themselves.[1][4][5][6][7]

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  2. ^ Eighty: An Autobiography; Suleiman Mousa (lang-ar|ثمانون: رحلة الأيّام والأعوام) ISBN 9953-441-11-1
  3. ^ Publications of the Ministry of Culture/ Wasfi Al-Tal St.; The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference dustour was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ T.E Lawrence: An Arab View; by Suleiman Mousa| Preface| Oxford University Press, London and New York, 1966
  6. ^ "King Receives Historian Suleiman Mousa".
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