Hosri, Sate' al- (1880-1968) Syrian educator and historian. Born in Yemen. His father was a well-known judge in the city of Aleppo and other Syrian cities before moving to Yemen. Al-Hosri studied natural sciences at the Royal academy of Constantinople (Now Istanbul, Turkey). He was opposed to the Sultan Abdul-Hamid and joined Turkish opposition groups. Back in Syria, he supported the Arab national movement for independence from the Ottomans. After the French occupied Syria in 1920, he moved with King Faisal I to Iraq, where he helped reforming the education system. Back in Syria, he was appointed as an educational consultant in 1946, and was responsible for large reforms in the Syrian education system. He was a cofounder the Arab Higher Institute for Education. His books include "Al-Qawmiya al-Arabiyah" (Arab Nationalism) and "Hawliyat fi al-Tarbiyah wal Thaqafah" (Periodicals on Education and Culture).