death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
toronto , canada 22 april 2004 jerusalem , ottoman empire march 6 , 1904 sami hadawi
 sami hadawi writer , land specialist
sami hadawi

sami hadawi -lrb- ; march 6 , 1904 -- april 22 , 2004 -rrb- was a palestinian scholar and author .
he is known for documenting the effects of the 1948 arab -- israeli war on the arab population in palestine and publishing statistics for individual villages prior to israel 's establishment .
hadawi worked as a land specialist until he was exiled from jerusalem after a fierce battle in his neighborhood between israeli and jordanian forces .
he continued to specialize in documenting palestine 's lands and published several books about the 1948 palestine war and the palestinian refugees .
