Fuad Saba

Fuad Saba (1902–1984) was a Palestinian accountant, businessman and politician during the Mandatory Palestine.

[4] Its branches were opened later in Beirut, Lebanon, Amman, Jordan, Damascus, Syria, and Baghdad, Iraq.

[3] Saba was a member of the Palestine Arab Party which opposed the Zionist rule in the region.

[4][8] He along with other committee members, Hussein Khalidi, Yaqub al-Ghusayn, Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, and Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim, were arrested by the British Mandate rulers on 1 October 1937 immediately after the assassination of Lewis Andrews, a British official.

[13] After his return to Palestine Saba became a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Roundtable Conference at St James's Palace in London in February 1939.

[4] Saba had to leave Jerusalem after the conference and moved to Beirut where he resided until February 1940 when his return to the city was allowed by the British.

[4][5] The company became the most comprehensive accounting firm in the Middle East and merged with Deloitte & Touche in 1990.

[3][5] Saba was married to Muhiba Khattar Maluf, and they had three children: two sons, Suhail and Fawzi, and one daughter, Nadia.

Palestinian leaders during the exile in Seychelles (Fuad Saba, standing right)
Arab Higher Committee (Fuad Saba, standing right)