Fadwa Tuqan

Fadwa Tuqan
فدوى طوقان
Born(1917-03-01)1 March 1917[1]
Died12 December 2003(2003-12-12) (aged 86)
Nablus, Palestine
OccupationPoet
RelativesAhmad Toukan (brother)
Ibrahim Tuqan (brother)

Fadwa Tuqan[a] (Arabic: فدوى طوقان, romanizedFadwā Ṭūqān; 1 March 1917 – 12 December 2003) was a Palestinian poet known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry. She has sometimes been referred to as the "Poet of Palestine".[2][3]

  1. ^ "Tuqan, Fadwa". Passia. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Fadwa Touqan". Words Without Border. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan dies". Al Jazeera. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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