Jabra Nicola was a Palestinian journalist, trade unionist and translator. Born in Jaffa, Nicola is considered one of the first Palestinian Marxists and the first to write about the labor and trade movement in Palestine. Among his notable works include Professional or Trade Union Organization, In the Jewish World, a translation of Lenin, Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri, a translation of The Arab Orient, a translation of The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy and a translation of Arabs and the Historical Development in the Middle East. He died in Lebanon in 1974.