Constantin Zureiq, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Constantin Zureiq

Syrian historian

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1909

Place of Birth: Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria

Date of Death: 11-Aug-2000

Profession: professor, diplomat, historian, political scientist

Nationality: Syria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Constantin K.
Zurayk (Arabic: ??????? ?????) (April 18, 1909 – August 11, 2000) was a prominent and influential Syrian Arab intellectual who was one of the first to pioneer and express the importance of Arab nationalism.
He stressed the urgent need to transform stagnant Arab society by means of rational thought and radical modification of the methods of thinking and acting.
He developed some ideas, such as the "Arab mission" and "national philosophy", which were to become key concepts for Arab nationalist thinkers, and in more recent years was a strong proponent of an intellectual reformation of Arab society, emphasizing the need for rationalism and an ethical revolution. He is credited with coining the term Nakba to refer to the expulsion of the Palestinians from their lands in 1948.