Personal Info
- Country of residence: Palestine
Information
In this ongoing series about Palestinian poets who have embedded it in the culture of the people and the nation, we find many unknown poets, who were not treated fairly by critics and the public, either because he was not interested in displaying his poetry and creativity, which is negligence on his part, or because critics did not care about him, as his profession and other qualities dominated him. .
In this space, I decided to highlight these faces that had an active role in the Palestinian cultural construction, especially Christians and women.
Our poet today is one of the great educators, and from the generation of adults, who shouldered the task of educating and educating. He is a Christian nationalist who lived thirty years of his life during the Ottoman era, thirty years during the British occupation, and seventeen years as a refugee due to the occupation.
He wrote poetry in various fields, including emotional, social, and political ones, and he wrote long poems that were not collected in a collection of poems. He was a musician who played the violin. He is fluent in the Russian language and is familiar with rich Russian literature. The great Palestinian scholar Kulthum Odeh mentioned him in her memoirs as a journalist fluent in the Russian language. He wrote an article about Tolstoy in “Al-Mu’allaqah” that reached us from the archives of the “Modern Treasures” magazine.
Among his classmates were Mikhail Naima, Nassib Arida, Khalil Beidas, Iskandar Al-Khoury Al-Battajali, and other writers and poets, whose relationship continued until their deaths. However, he did not engage with them in their movements and cultural ties in an organic way, and focused on his educational work and managed schools and high schools in the Levant, giving The Arab educational project in the region has a professional priority, so he cooperated with the pioneer of Arab nationalism, Professor Sati’ Al-Husri, in consolidating these convictions.
Some of his poems became famous, including what he wrote about eyes:
The eyes are open messages.. so read, perhaps you will understand the hidden meaning.
How much she spoke to me while she was silent about what.. I hid in the depths of a protected secret
in her. You see the meaning of beauty and its purpose. . Creativity, but in it you see the clear magic.
Who is the poet Fadeel Al-Nimr?
Fadil al-Nimr was born in the city of Nazareth in 1888. He completed his primary studies at the Russian Teachers’ Home established in Nazareth by the Imperial Russian Society for boys. Among his colleagues in the school, as we mentioned above, were Mikhail Naima and other writers and poets.
After his graduation, he took over the administration of Russian schools in Zahle (Lebanon). After World War I, the pioneer of Arab nationalism, Sati’ al-Husri (Minister of Education in Syria during the Faisal era), appointed him to manage a model school in Damascus. After the Battle of Maysalun, Fadil traveled to Cairo with a group of his brothers in the Great Arab Revolt, and from there he returned to Palestine, where he took over the administration of the Bethlehem Emirate School for a period of twelve years, and the administration of the Ramallah Emirate School for a period of nine years.
In this school, the creative Palestinian musician and artist, Riyad Al-Bandak, was a young student. He “loved music and singing since he was a student in primary school, and this talent was developed in him by the late school director, Fadil Nimr, who in turn played the violin.” When Riyad grew up, he became known and composed. The artist Wadih Al-Safi composed the song “Oh My Eyes on Patience.”
During his work in the fields of teaching and upbringing, he published his articles, research, and poetry in Arab newspapers and magazines, such as the Egyptian “Al-Ikhaa,” the Homs “Al-Ikhaa,” and the Jerusalemite “Al-Nafais.”
After the Nakba of 1948, he stopped working and lived in the city of Jericho in the winter and Ramallah in the summer, during which he wrote down his thoughts and memoirs.
He died in June 1965, in the city of Jericho, following a heart attack, and was buried in the Protestant community cemetery in Ramallah.
News about Fadeel Al-Nimr
Achievements and Awards
- Years in active
: From
To