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Samih al-Qasim was born on 11 May, 1939 in Zarqa, Emirate of Transjordan (now Jordan), is a Palestinian poet. Discover Samih al-Qasim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Occupation Poet and writer
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 11 May 1939
Birthday 11 May
Birthplace Zarqa, Emirate of Transjordan (now Jordan)
Date of death 19 August, 2014
Died Place Safed, Israel
Nationality Jordan

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1939

Al-Qasim was born in 1939 to a Druze family in the Emirate of Transjordan (now Jordan), in the northern city of Zarqa, while his father served in the Arab Legion of King Abdullah.

He came from a Druze family from the town of Rameh in the Upper Galilee.

Al-Qasim attended primary school there and then later graduated from secondary school in Nazareth.

1948

His family did not flee Rameh during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight (Nakba).

In his book About Principles and Art, he explains:

While I was still at primary school the Palestinian tragedy occurred.

I regard that date as the date of my birth, because the first images I can remember are of the 1948 events.

My thoughts and images spring from the number 48.

He claimed that the pan-Arab ideology of Nasserism impressed him during the nationalist post-1948 era.

Most of his poetry relates to the change of life before and after the Nakba, the Palestinian and broader Arab struggle to free their lands from foreign influence, Arab nationalism, and various Arab tragedies.

Al-Qasim claims that the pan-Arab ideology of Nasserism impressed him during the nationalist post-1948 era.

1960

He was jailed several times for his political activities that have involved advocacy for Palestinian rights and dissent against government policies, starting in 1960 for refusal to enlist in the Israeli army which is required of Israeli Druze.

He was also under house arrest.

1967

Before the Six-Day War in 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; after the war he joined the Israeli Communist Party.

He joined the Israeli Communist party Hadash in 1967 and was detained along with other members of the party at the outbreak of the Six-Day War.

He was sent to al-Damoun prison (official name: Damon Prison) in Haifa.

During this time, he virtually lost his nationalistic emotions upon hearing Israeli radio announcing its territorial gains after their victory.

Al-Qasim worked as a journalist in Haifa where he ran the Arabesque Press and the Folk Arts Centre and was the editor-in-chief of the Israeli Arab newspaper Kul al-Arab.

He would recite many of his poems to large audiences at monthly gatherings in the Arab towns and cities of the Galilee.

Al-Qasim refused to leave his homeland; in an interview with Index he is quoted as saying "I have chosen to remain in my own country not because I love myself less, but because I love my country more".

1968

In 1968, he published his first collection of poetry, Waiting for the Thunderbird.

Al-Qasim wrote about these subjects while they were at the climax of their popularity among the Arab population in the later half of the 20th century.

When asked by his Iraqi friend, poet Buland al-Haidari if he had visited Baghdad, he replied by saying he did not have to, since he views any Arab city as equal to his own Arab residence.

1984

By 1984, al-Qasim had written twenty-four volumes of nationalist poetry and published six collections of poems.

His poems in general are relatively short, some being no more than just two verses.

Some of his famous poems include:

Al-Qasim contributed to the journals of Al-Ittihad, Al-Jadid, Index and others.

He was among the regular contributors of the Lotus magazine of the Afro-Asian Writers Association.

1997

Al-Qasim visited Syria in 1997 and in 2000.

2001

He was prevented by Israeli authorities from leaving to Lebanon for a poetry event in 2001.

2014

Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (سميح القاسم; סמיח אל קאסם; 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.

Al-Qasim died on August 19, 2014, after a long battle with cancer.

His funeral was held on August 21, 2014, in Rameh.