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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Omar (August 14, 1929 AD - August 12, 1993
AD), a Palestinian poet.
Origin and profession
Abd al-Rahim Muhammad Omar was born in the town of Jayyous,
south of Tulkarm, on August 14, 1929, and studied in its primary school. In
1940, he moved to Qalqilya, then to the city of Tulkarm, where he received his
secondary education at the Fadhiliya School in the city, where he completed his
secondary education in 1948, obtaining a certificate of “passing to higher
education.”
After graduating, he worked as a teacher in the village school,
then went at the beginning of the year 1952 to work as a teacher in Kuwaiti
schools, where he spent seven years, after which he returned to Jordan, to work
in the field of media. He worked on the radio since 1959, and in 1964 he became
the head of its cultural department. Then he was appointed editor-in-chief of
“Afkar” magazine between the years 1966-1967, then he returned to the radio
station to assume the position of assistant director, then became its director
in 1970. He took over the management of the department. Culture and Arts in
1971, and contributed to the establishment of the Jordanian Writers Association
in 1974, and was elected president of the Association more than once.
He participated in many Jordanian and Arab cultural events, and
was head of the Poetry Committee at the Jerash Festival for several years, and
a member of the founding committee of the Center for Freedom and Democracy
Studies. He wrote journalistic articles in Jordanian newspapers and magazines,
and was among the team that contributed to the establishment of the Jordanian
newspaper, Al-Rai. And he had a corner in it under the title “I say a word.” He
won the Independence Medal of the First Class, the State Appreciation Award for
Literature, and the Arar Prize for Poetry.
his business
him in poetry:
Songs for Silence, Dar Al-Kateb Al-Arabi, Beirut, 1963.
Before and after, Amman Library, Amman, 1970.
Haunting poems, The Arab Company for Printing and Publishing,
Amman, 1979.
Songs of the Seventh Departure, Department of Culture and Arts,
Amman, 1985.
Complete Poetical Works (including the previous four
collections), Amman Library, Amman, Part 1, 1989.
Teh and Nar, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1993.
After All That, Ministry of Culture, Amman, 1997.
He has a number of poetic plays, some of which are printed,
while others are staged, including manuscripts. These plays are:
The Mermaids of the Palace, 1964.
Tell Al-Arayes, 1965.
Via Dolorosa, 1668.
Khaleda, 1970.
Words will not die.
Fathers and Sons.
The left and Zionism.
Arar.
The rebel.
A Face in Millions of Eyes, Dar Al-Carmel, Amman, 1984 (The
first volume containing his complete works was published in 1989).
Stone revolution.
He has a number of manuscripts:
My Poetry Experience (in which he describes the features of his
poetic experience and its development).
Despite the siege of words. It is the second part of his
complete works that he intended to publish, and it includes: excerpts from
confiscated poems, despite the siege of words, small stations (poems written in
1979 following the death of the poet's father and his visit to his village
Jayyus) and scattered poems.
his death
He died in London on 12/9/1993.
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