Saif Ghobash
Saif Saeed Ghobash Al Marri (21 October 1932 – 25 October 1977) was an Emirati diplomat and engineer. He was the United Arab Emirates first Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Biography[]
Born in Ras Al Khaimah, Ghobash studied at Al Ahmadiya School in Dubai before moving to Bahrain to finish his secondary education. He then studied engineering at Baghdad University and worked as an engineer in Kuwait and Europe. He came back to Ras Al Khaimah in 1969.[1]
When the UAE was established in 1971, Ghobash started working as a diplomat and soon became undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two years later, he was named the first Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.[1]
He is the father of Omar Saif Ghobash, the current UAE ambassador to France.
Death[]
On 25 October 1977, Ghobash was shot and killed at Abu Dhabi International Airport by a gunman from the Abu Nidal Organization targeting Syria's Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam.[2]
Legacy[]
A hospital in Ras Al Khaimah and a road in Abu Dhabi are named after Saif Ghobash.[1]
The Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, also known as The Banipal Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators) for the published English translation of a full-length literary work in the Arabic language. The prize was inaugurated in 2006 by the literary magazine Banipal which promotes the diffusion of contemporary Arabic literature through English translations and the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature. It is administered by the Society of Authors in the UK (which runs a number of similar literary translation prizes), and the prize money is sponsored by Omar Saif Ghobash and his family in memory of Ghobash's late father Saif Ghobash.
References[]
- ^ a b c Salem, Ola (22 February 2014). "Late minister Saif Ghubash is honoured with a road named after him". The National. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi Attack Kills Arab Official, Apparently in Error". New York Times. Associated Press. 26 October 1977. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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