Najib Albina

He had a significant impact on the techniques of archeological photographers, especially those who took pictures of the Dead Sea Scrolls, through his contributions to the use of infrared photography.

[11] In addition, the photographs were taken on animal skin, and allowed the text to stand out, making the plates especially useful for assembling fragments.

[15] During the process, Najib recorded his progress and work with the scrolls in a log book, still held today by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Many of the site photographs for the Dead Sea Scrolls were referenced by notations of the film plates that Najib put together for the museum.

[19] Unlike during the Suez Crisis, the Dead Sea Scrolls collection was not moved to a more secure location, like the Ottoman Bank.

Palestinian Arabs attacked the museum and attempted to loot some of the contents, putting Najib at gunpoint to unlock the glass plates behind which the Dead Sea Scrolls were stored.

[22] He declined both in protest to the change in national management of the museum and because there were significant restrictions on his family's living conditions in Jerusalem.

Najib had seven children – five girls and two boys: Lillan, Lima, Lorraine, Lucy, Vicky, Issa, and Joseph.

After Najib's exile to the United States, just before the beginning of the Six-Day War,[clarification needed] he settled in Los Angeles, California.