Faris Glubb

Faris Glubb born Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine Godfrey Peter Manley Glubb: October 19, 1939 & died 3 April 2004 was a British writer, journalist, translator and publisher.

Family and Childhood Conversion to Islam

Glubb was the son of the noted British officer Sir John Bagot GlubbOBE, CMG and KCB and his wife, Muriel Rosemary Forbes. Sir John was commander of the Arab Legion. Godfrey, accordingly grew up in Transjordan amongst Bedouin soldiers and declared himself a Muslim as soon as he was old enough to do so. Afterwards, he was known, outside of his family as Faris Glubb [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/may/17/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries Obituary: Faris Glubb | Media | The Guardian ] ] . also Faris had a sister called Naomi a beduin girl adopted when she was three months old in 1944 and a sister and brother both Palestinian children adopted in 1948 called Mary and John.

Education

Glubb was sent to Wellington College where, deeply unhappy, he ran away, to the Jordanian Embassy and the military attaché. He then went the School of Oriental and African Studies to study Arabic and became an activist, with the Bertrand Russell Foundation, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf, and worked with the Omani opposition at the United Nations in New York City.

Career

Glubb reported in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, first for CBS and later for the Daily Mail as Michael O'Sullivan. He also reported for Arab news agencies. When the Israeli Government expelled the Palestinian leadership from Lebanon, Glubb, followed. His Arabic fluency and close relationship with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with the writer Ghasan Kanafani. He also published several books "Zionism is it racist?", "The Palestine Question and International Law" and "Zionist Relations with Nazism." When he died, he was seeking his doctorate in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African studies about relationships between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin from Vatican documents.

Death

He died in Kuwait on 3 April 2004 as the result of a hit and run. He is survived by his second wife, Salwa and their two daughters Sarah and Darina,and his son Mark(Mubarak) by his first marriage. His mother Lady Rosemary Glubb survived him but has since died in September 2005.

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References

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/may/17/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries]