Samīħ al-Qāsim | |
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 Samīħ al-Qāsim in Madrid | |
| Native name | سميح القاسم סמיח אל קאסם |
| Born | May 11, 1939 Zarqa, Emirate of Transjordan (now Jordan) |
| Died | August 19, 2014 (aged 75) Safed, Israel |
| Occupation | Poet and writer |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Period | 1958-2014 |
| Genre | Nationalist, tragedy |
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.
- ^ Interview with Mira Awad, Maariv, 22 May 2009
- ^ Alternatively spelt סמיח אל-קאסם by some media
- ^ Samīħ al-Qāsim reads one of his poem at the Sha'ar International Poetry Festival 2009