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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Salim Habib Makholi (1938 - November
8, 2011) was a Palestinian poet, painter, and physician. He was born and raised
in Kafr Yasif in Western Galilee. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1966. He practiced medicine in his
hometown. He was active in local cultural and social magazines. He has many
collections of poetry.
his biography
Salim Habib Makhouli was born in
1938 in Kafr Yasif in the western Galilee to parents who worked in agriculture.
And he grew up with it. He finished his primary and secondary studies there,
then joined the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in
1959 and obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1966. He studied plastic arts at
the Bezalel College of Higher Arts in Jerusalem in addition to his medical
studies.
He worked as an internist at Afula
and Nahariya hospitals. Then he returned to his hometown of Kfaryasif to work
in the HMO clinic to serve the people of his country and practiced his medical
profession there until his retirement in 2004, devoting himself to literature.
His literary, poetic and prose works were characterized by romantic, patriotic
and political tendencies. In his poems, he deals with various topics, social,
cultural, philosophical and symbolic.
He was a member of the secretariat
of the Qatari Land Defense Committee, and a member of a number of local
committees such as the Golden Jubilee Committee. And a member of Creativity in
the Association of Arab Plastic Artists. And the Union of Arab Writers in
Israel. He held a number of cultural seminars, participated in national
festivals and meetings, and had a prominent activity in various cultural and
social fields.
Salim Makhouli died of a sudden
heart attack at the age of 73 on November 8, 2011 in his hometown, and his body
was shared and buried on November 11.
his profession
In painting, his works, which he
drew with charcoal, stood out for the immigrant villages, “especially the
villages of Iqrit and Kafr Bir’im, and his paintings toured this country in an
exhibition on the subject of the Nakba and displacement.” In the religious
administration, he was elected president of the Orthodox Milli Council and a
member of the Third Orthodox Conference.
his personal life
He married and was the father of
four children.
His writings
Among his poetry collections:
Twentieth Century Music, 1974
Echo of Days, 1974
Sand's Gold, 1989
Spells for Lost Time, 1989
Surface ash and depth marble, 1996
What Slashes the Heart in the Book
of Soil, 2002
Here's Poetry, 2003
Rafeeqa Omri, 20030
We Found Ourselves, 2006
Another Tapestry of Time, 2007
Written by on other topics:
Al-Natour, a play, 1979
Open Doors, a collection of stories,
2005
A wing for the field league,
Thoughts, 2009
Achievements and Awards
his prizes
2002: Literary Creativity Award from
the Ministry of Culture.
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