About Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist, and translator (1920-1994)... | Jabra Ibrahim Jabra was an Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist and intellectual born in Adana in French-occupied Cilicia to a Syriac Orthodox Christian family. His family survived the Seyfo Genocide and fled to the British Mandate of Palestine in the early 1920s. Jabra was educated at government school
![“They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influence. Such is the way in which historical forces operate: the give and take between nations, as between cultures, is no simple exchange” quote by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d3c/jabra-ibrahim-jabra-64018_appreciated_they-arabs-wanted-to-catch-up-with-the-m_259358.jpg)
