Habib Qahwaji

[5] Qahwaji worked as a teacher of Arabic language at the Orthodox Secondary School in Haifa.

[7] Following the dissolution of the Front he founded a pan-Arab movement, Al Ard, in Israel in 1959 together with Mansur Qardawsh.

[8] The other leading figures of Al Ard included Sabri Jiryis, Salih Baransi, and Muhammad Miari.

[2] Following his release from prison he was removed from the teaching post and opened a coffee shop in Wadi Nisnas neighborhood of Haifa.

[10] However, Qahwaji and other members of Al Ard were either arrested or forced to leave the cities where they were living.

[15] He was a member of the PLO Research Center in Damascus and a contributor of its journal Shu'un Filastiniyya.