Mustafa Musa Ahmad Othman is a historian who was born in Beit Safafa in 1944. He attended the elementary and secondary school at Bethlehem National School and obtained an Egyptian Tawjihi Certificate from the Ibrahimieh College in Jerusalem. He enrolled at Beirut University and obtained a bachelor's degree in Historical Studies. He also obtained a diploma in Education and Teaching Methods from Bethlehem University in 1979. He published three books on the history of Beit Safafa village, namely "Shuhada Beit Safafa fi adh-Dhakira" (The Shaheeds of Beit Safafa in Memory), which was published in 1999, "Tib al-Manbat wa Safa' al-Qulub" (Good Upbringing and Clarity of Hearts), and "Ma'alem Qaryat Beit Safafa" (The Monuments of Beit Safafa Village).