Ibrahim Touqan

Ibrahim Abd al - Fattah Touqan ( إبراهيم طوقان; Ibrahim Tukan, * 1905 in Nablus, † May 2, 1941 in Jerusalem) was a Palestinian poet. He is not only considered one of the national poet of Palestine, but also as the voice of the Arab revolt against the British.

Life

Ibrahim Touqan was born in Nablus during the Ottoman period as a child of the eminent family Touqan. His eldest brother was Touqan Ahmad, former Prime Minister of Jordan, and his sister was also known poetess Fadwa Touqan.

He first visited the al - al - Rashadiyya Gharbiyya school in the west of Nablus and then St. George 's School in Jerusalem. From 1923 to 1929 he attended the American University in Beirut, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature. This was followed Tätigkleiten as professor of Arabic Literature at the University of An-Najah in Nablus and as a professor at the American University in Beirut. He also worked as co-director of the Palestine Broadcasting Station in Jerusalem.

In 1937 he married Samia Abd al -Hadi, with whom he had a son, Ja'afar, and a daughter, Urieb.

In 1941, he died at the age of 36 from stomach ulcers in French hospital in Jerusalem.

Work

Touqans interest in poetry began early, which is without doubt due to the influence of his grandfather, who used the traditions of Zagal himself, and the encouragement of his parents.

At the beginning of his studies in Beirut, he published his first poem.

The central theme in the work of Ibrahim Touqan is generally the liberation struggle of the Arabs, but particularly the revolt of the Palestinians against the controlling them since 1922 British mandate. During the uprising in Palestine from 1936 to 1939 his work gained considerable notoriety within the Arab world.

One of his poems, Mautini, which he wrote in 1934 during the revolt, was the de facto national anthem of the Palestinian Authority, and since the fall of the Baath Party in Iraq and Iraqi national anthem.

  • Author
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Literature ( Arabic)
  • Born 1905
  • Died in 1941
  • Palestinian
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