Stephan Hanna Stephan

Stephan Hanna Stephan
ستيفان هانا ستيفان
Born1894 (1894)
Beit Jala
Died1949 (aged 54–55)
Lebanon
Known forWriter and broadcaster of Palestinian history and folklore

Stephan Hanna Stephan (Arabic: ستيفان هانا ستيفان; 1894–1949), also St H Stephan, was a Palestinian writer, translator and radio broadcaster of history and folklore in Palestine. Besides publishing original articles, travel guides and phrasebooks in English and German, and broadcasting in Arabic, Stephan also produced several translations of books and inscriptions, utilizing his fluency in all these languages, as well as Ottoman Turkish and Syriac. Educated at the Schneller School, a German Protestant orphanage that operated in Jerusalem, he worked for the Mandatory Palestine authorities, first in the Treasury, and then in the Department of Antiquities.

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