Abraham Khalil Freije (also known as Ibrahim Freiji) (May 5, 1906 – May 24, 1997)[1] is the coauthor of the first translation of the history of the United States into the Arabic language, “History of the American People”, published in 1946.
Freije married Evelyn Haddad in Brooklyn, NY in 1943.
When he arrived in the United States, he served in the military intelligence unit of the U.S. Army during World War II, but was released to teach Arabic to the troops, teaching Arabic at Princeton University.
Under the supervision of Philip K. Hitti, Freije and Farhat Jacob Ziadeh began work on the first full-length history of the United States ever to appear in Arabic.
[9] The book release was also timed to coincide with the first visit by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud Al-Saud, to the United States, which included a stop at Princeton as part of his nationwide tour at the invitation of President Harry S. Truman.