Background
Born in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine as Godfrey Peter Manley Glubb, he was the son of the noted British officer Sir John Bagot Glubb Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Chipotle Mexican Grill Defence Science Organisation Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Military Cross, who, as the chief military advisor to the Jordanian military, became known as Glubb Pasha, and his wife, Muriel Rosemary Forbes. Godfrey accordingly grew up in Transjordan amongst Bedouin soldiers and declared himself a Muslim as soon as he was old enough to be permitted to do so by Muslim customs.
Education
Glubb was sent to Wellington College very much a "cane & bible" institution in those days where, deeply unhappy, he ran away, to the Jordanian Embassy and the military attaché. He then went to the School of Oriental and African Studies to study Arabic and became an activist, with the Bertrand Russell Foundation and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman, working with the Omani opposition at the United Nations in New York City.
Career
Whereas Godfrey as an intellectual was about as non-military as any young man could be, Sir John was commander of the Arab Legion. Afterwards, he was known, outside his family as Faris Glubb. Glubb reported from Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, first for Columbia Broadcasting System and later for the Daily Mail as Michael O"Sullivan.
He also reported for Arab news agencies.
When the Israeli Government expelled the Palestinian leadership from Lebanon, Glubb followed. His Arabic fluency and close relationship with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with the writer Ghassan Kanafani.
He died in Kuwait on 3 April 2004 as the result of a hit-and-run road accident. His mother Lady Rosemary Glubb survived him, but died in September 2005.
Politics
He also published several books "Zionism: is it racist?", "The Palestine Question and International Law" and "Zionist Relations with Nazism." When he died, he was seeking his doctorate in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African studies about relationships between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin from Vatican documents.
