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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Saleem Habib Makhouli (1938 - November 8, 2011) was a Palestinian poet, painter, and doctor. He was born and raised in Kafr Yasif in the Western Galilee. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1966. He practiced the medical profession in his hometown. He was active in local cultural and social magazines. He has many poetry collections.
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 completed 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 Higher College of Arts in Jerusalem in addition to his medical studies.
He worked as an internist in Afula and Nahariya Hospital. Then he returned to his hometown of Kafr Yasif to work in the Health Fund clinic to serve the people of his country, where he practiced his medical profession until his retirement in 2004, and devoted himself to literature. His literary, poetic and prose works were characterized by romantic, national and political tendencies. In his poems, he addresses 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 Ibdaa in the Arab Plastic Artists Association. And the Arab Writers Union in Israel. He held a number of cultural seminars, participated in national festivals and meetings, and was prominently active 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. His body was held and buried on November 11.
His profession
In drawing, he featured his works in charcoal of immigrant villages, “especially the villages of Iqrith and Kafr Bir’em, 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 Congregational Council and a member of the Third Orthodox Conference.
his personal life
He married and was the father of four children.
His writings
From his poetry collections:
Twentieth Century Music, 1974
Echo of Days, 1974
Sand Gold, 1989
Spells for Lost Time, 1989
Ash of Surfaces and Marble of Depths, 1996
What crosses the heart in the travel of dust, 2002
Here's Hair, 2003
My life's companion, 20030
We found ourselves, 2006
Another Tapestry of Time, 2007
Among his books on other topics:
Al-Natour, a play, 1979
Open Doors, a collection of stories, 2005
Pavilion for the Field League, Thoughts, 2009
Achievements and Awards
His prizes
2002: Literary Creativity Award from the Ministry of Culture.
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