Samih al-Qasim
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Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (Arabic: سميح القاسم;[1] Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם;[2][3] 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Before the Six-Day War in 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; after the war he joined the Israeli Communist Party.
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Samīħ al-Qāsim | |
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Native name | سميح القاسم סמיח אל קאסם |
Born | (1939-05-11)May 11, 1939 Zarqa, Emirate of Transjordan (now Jordan) |
Died | August 19, 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 75) Safed, Israel |
Occupation | Poet and writer |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Period | 1958-2014 |
Genre | Nationalist, tragedy |
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