Akram Zuaiter

Akram Zuaiter (1909–1996) (Arabic: أكرم زعيتر ; also Romanized as Akram Zu'ayter, among other spellings) was a Palestinian activist, publicist, orator, diplomat, and educator who contributed to the Arab nationalist movement in Mandatory Palestine.

[4] He worked for the major Palestinian newspapers Mir'at al-Sharq and al-Hayat and also taught at al-Najah school.

[4][1] He was a founding member of the Istiqlal Party and played an instrumental role in the development of nationalism in Palestine during the 1930s.

He also supported transnational Arab nationalist organizing in Syria and Iraq, coordinating with the League of Pan-Arab Action and Nadi al-Muthanna in each country respectively.

In 1941 he participated in the revolt in Iraq led by Rashid Ali al-Kaylani.