Mohammed Suroor Sabban
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Mohammed Suroor Sabban was a prominent civil and state leader, politician, economist, publisher, and poet from Hejaz
(in the west of modern Saudi Arabia
). He was born in Qunfodah, and raised in Mecca
. Sabban is a civil pioneer; also referred to as the 'father' of the cultural modernism movement occurred in Hejaz at the beginnings of the twentieth century.
He was a member of the 'Hejazi National party' which striped the Hashemites crown from Hejaz in 1925. He was the owner and publisher of a significant newspaper in Hejaz: "Sout Al-Hejaz". He established many civil institutes in Mecca in early times, such as; The ambulance cultural society, and Al-Qirsh Society. He also participated in forming Al-Wahda sport club of Mecca.
He was appointed the second minister of finance in the Saudi reign. later he was the head of the Islamic Conference. He is also known as the 'father' of the modern Saudi economy. He embraced the liberal economic values in Saudi Arabia following the work of the Egyptian economic leader Talaat Pasha Harb
. He called for collective trade instead of traditional indivisualistic or family based trade. He established dozens of trade, industrial, and financial companies in Mecca and Saudi Arabia.
He established the "Hejazi Library", which was among the first civic publisher houses in Hejaz and the Arabian peninsula. It published Mohammed Hasan Awwad's famous book on reform : 'Khawater Mosarraha' in 1925. Also wrote and published the first modern book in Hejaz : 'Adab Al-Hejaz'. Sabban harbored the modernism movement; he published another famous book supporting the modern young Hejazi poets in Al-Ma'aradd', which is a collection of work by the young modern Hejazis .
Hejaz
al-Hejaz, also Hijaz is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia. Defined primarily by its western border on the Red Sea, it extends from Haql on the Gulf of Aqaba to Jizan. Its main city is Jeddah, but it is probably better known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina...
(in the west of modern Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
). He was born in Qunfodah, and raised in Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
. Sabban is a civil pioneer; also referred to as the 'father' of the cultural modernism movement occurred in Hejaz at the beginnings of the twentieth century.
He was a member of the 'Hejazi National party' which striped the Hashemites crown from Hejaz in 1925. He was the owner and publisher of a significant newspaper in Hejaz: "Sout Al-Hejaz". He established many civil institutes in Mecca in early times, such as; The ambulance cultural society, and Al-Qirsh Society. He also participated in forming Al-Wahda sport club of Mecca.
He was appointed the second minister of finance in the Saudi reign. later he was the head of the Islamic Conference. He is also known as the 'father' of the modern Saudi economy. He embraced the liberal economic values in Saudi Arabia following the work of the Egyptian economic leader Talaat Pasha Harb
Talaat Pasha Harb
Talaat Pasha Harb was a leading Egyptian economist and founder of Banque Misr , and its group of companies, in May 1920.- His works :...
. He called for collective trade instead of traditional indivisualistic or family based trade. He established dozens of trade, industrial, and financial companies in Mecca and Saudi Arabia.
He established the "Hejazi Library", which was among the first civic publisher houses in Hejaz and the Arabian peninsula. It published Mohammed Hasan Awwad's famous book on reform : 'Khawater Mosarraha' in 1925. Also wrote and published the first modern book in Hejaz : 'Adab Al-Hejaz'. Sabban harbored the modernism movement; he published another famous book supporting the modern young Hejazi poets in Al-Ma'aradd', which is a collection of work by the young modern Hejazis .