Yaqoub Farraj (Arabic: يعقوب نقولا فراج; also Romanized Ya'cub or Yacoub Farraj) was a Palestinian political leader during the British colonial period. He was deputy mayor of Jerusalem during the 1930s and succeeded Musa Kazem Pasha al-Huseini as head of the Palestine Executive Committee in 1934. He was described by historian Walid Khalidi as "doyen of the Palestinian Greek Orthodox community."
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- ^ Khalidi, Walid. Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876-1948. Washington, D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991, 291.
- "Lest we forget — Christian Palestinians of Jerusalem". Jordan Times. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2024-11-20.