Ghassan Kanafani, 1972
PUBLISHER • Tricontinental Society, London (1980), Committee for a Democratic Palestine, New York (1972)
DESIGN & EDITING • Danah Abdulla (dabdulla.com)
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, novelist, and short story writer, whose writings were deeply rooted in Arab Palestinian culture, inspired a whole generation during and after his lifetime, both in word and deed. He was born in Acre, Palestine on 9 April 1936 and lived in Jaffa until May 1948, when he was forced to leave with family first to Lebanon and later to Syria. He lived and worked in Damascus, then Kuwait and later in Beirut. In July 1972, he and his young niece Lamis were killed by Is- raeli agents in a car bomb in Beirut. By the time of his untimely death, Ghassan had published 18 books and written hundreds of articles on culture, politics, and the Palestinian people’s struggle.
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