Sector : Cultural Figures , Poets

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• Страна местожительства: Palestine

• Пол: Male

• Born in: 1888

• key_age: 138

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Born in Dibieh, near Al-Shof, Lebanon, in 1888; of Lebanese origin; studied at the AUB, then settled in Palestine; worked as poet, translator and writer with progressive stances (his poems contained political messages related to British control and are considered important historical documents on that era); warned against the Balfour Declaration and its implications; led a demonstration in March 1920 in which political songs composed by him where chanted; translated a book on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into Arabic (in 1915); among his collections are Diwan Al-Filastiniyat (A Palestinian Poetry Collection) (Beirut, 1946); also conducted a historical and legal study on the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem; died in 1954.

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