Fouzi El-Asmar : poet of the Palestinian liberation struggle

Renowned Palestinian poet, author, journalist and activist Fouzi El-Asmar died near his home in Bethesda, Maryland on September 19, three weeks after the death of his wife, Maria T El-Asmar. Both had been suffering from failing health in recent years. Fouzi was buried in Palestine, upon his request,...

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Published in:The Washington report on Middle East affairs 2013-12, Vol.32 (9), p.19
Main Author: Ginsberg, Terri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Friendship
Palestinian people
Poets
Political activism
Propaganda
Zionism
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Summary:Renowned Palestinian poet, author, journalist and activist Fouzi El-Asmar died near his home in Bethesda, Maryland on September 19, three weeks after the death of his wife, Maria T El-Asmar. Both had been suffering from failing health in recent years. Fouzi was buried in Palestine, upon his request, on October 1. For more than 50 years, Fouzi El-Asmar was one of the most important public intellectuals of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Born in Haifa in 1937, he grew up in a Palestinian area of present-day Israel. In 1958, he became a member of the editorial board of the literary monthly Al-Fajr and in 1966 he became editor of the Arabic magazine Hadha Al-Alam. In 1979, after attending university in the U.S. and graduate school in the UK, he became the managing editor of the London-based international newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.
ISSN:8755-4917
2163-2782