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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Jamal Al-Najjar (May 13, 1957) is a Palestinian artist, born in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Childhood
He was the son of a Palestinian father and a Palestinian mother who were displaced during the 1948 war from the village of Yabna, Ramla District, Lod District. He was raised in the Rafah camp and studied elementary school in the schools of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, where he discovered the talent for singing and the love of music, so he studied at the hands of his music teacher, Abbas Khader, on tunes. It was composed by Palestinian artist Mahdi Sardaneh.
His transfers
Jamal Al-Najjar moved with his family to the diaspora camps during the 1967 war in Jordan and Syria, specifically the Yarmouk camp, where he finished his preparatory studies. He then moved in 1973 to Egypt for secondary studies after his father moved to work there following the martyrdom of his uncle, Commander Abu Youssef Al-Najjar, who was his partner in the work. After high school, he went to Lebanon as a volunteer in the late seventies, where he worked in the sites of the Palestinian revolution as a fighter in its ranks until he left it in 1979 to work in the wireless stations of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s offices abroad. He worked in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Tunisia, and Romania, and during his work In these offices and embassies, he learned and mastered playing the oud and immersed himself in chanting for Palestine and singing on many stages. He traveled all over the world carrying his oud, where he worked as general director of the political and national guidance and general director of the arts there. He supervised most of the celebrations, events, activities and festivals of the National Authority, which was the guidance body. The political and national authorities are authorized to do so.
His artistic and acting career
He sang for his country, “Strengthen your tricks, O country,” by the poet Kifah Al-Ghussein, for Jerusalem, “O Jerusalem, my love,” by the poet Moin Bseiso, for the intifada, “God Live Men” by Suwailem Al-Absi, for his people in historic Palestine, “My Beloved Nazarene,” by the poet Tawfiq Ziad, and for the prisoners behind bars, “Oh My Brother,” by Abdel Fattah. Miqdad studied “Dictation” by Khaled Jumaa, “Kidnapping and Death” by Bashir Al-Rai, “The Game of Days” by Mounir Al-Sabbah, “Give Up Your Voice” by Elham Abu Dhaher, “Rafah in the Line of Fire” by Khalil Makkawi, and “Faris Al-Fursan” by Abdel Rahim Nateel. He also has acting work, as he appeared in the war film “The Lieutenant” by director Swailem Al-Absi, participated in a national series entitled “And You, O Jerusalem,” by director Atef Issa, and sang intros for many films and series. He also sang at the Carthage Theater for Palestine in 1987 and represented Palestine in many international festivals, events and celebrations. While he was at the Palestinian Embassy in Romania, he graduated from the Academy of Journalistic Sciences, where he studied journalism at the University of Bucharest. This was against his will, as Ambassador Izzat Abu Al-Rub imposed on him at the time (speech ) to study and give him a seat in Palestine to complete his studies. Jamal Al-Najjar also worked in the theater and starred in the play Dalal Al-Maghribi, directed by Dr. Salah Al-Qaddoumi and writer Abdel Fattah Miqdad.
Achievements and Awards
Awards
Jamal Al-Najjar received more than fifty certificates of honor and appreciation, nearly thirty honorary shields, and the National Song Award for Committed to Palestine. The National Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas honored him in a large ceremony in Ramallah under the supervision of the Political and National Guidance Authority, and Commander Yasser Arafat granted him a diplomatic passport as an ambassador for Palestinian song and arts to represent it. Arab and international.
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