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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Jamal Al-Najjar ( May 13, 1957 ) is a Palestinian artist born in Rafah camp in the Gaza Strip, Palestine .
Childhood
He was born to a Palestinian father and a Palestinian mother who were displaced during the 1948 war from the town of Yibna , 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 his talent for singing and his love of music. He studied under his music teacher Abbas Khader, to the tunes and melodies of the Palestinian artist Mahdi Sardana .
His transfers
Jamal Al-Najjar moved with his family to the diaspora camps during the 1967 war in Jordan and Syria, specifically Yarmouk camp, where he completed his preparatory studies. He then moved to Egypt in 1973 to study high school after his father moved to work there following the martyrdom of his uncle, the leader Abu Yousef Al-Najjar, who was his partner in work. After high school, he went to Lebanon as a volunteer in the late seventies, where he worked in the Palestinian revolution sites, fighting in its ranks until he left in 1979 to work in the wireless stations of the Palestine Liberation Organization offices abroad.
He worked in Iran , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Yugoslavia , Hungary , Poland , Tunisia and Romania . During his work in these offices and embassies, he had learned and mastered playing the oud and was immersed in chanting for Palestine and singing on many stages. He traveled the world carrying his oud, where he worked as a general manager in political and national guidance and a general manager of arts in it, and supervised most of the celebrations, events, activities and festivals of the National Authority, which the Political and National Guidance Authority was the authorized body for that.
His artistic and acting career
He sang for his country “Shd Hilk Ya Balad” by poet Kifah Al-Ghussein, for Jerusalem “Ya Quds Ya Habibi” by poet Mu’in Bseiso, for the Intifada “Hay Allah Rijal” by Suwailem Al-Absi, for his people in historic Palestine “Nazareth Al-Bahbiba” by poet Tawfiq Zayyad , for the prisoners behind bars “Ya Khi” by Abdul Fattah Muqdad, and studied “Dictation” by Khaled Jumaa , “Kidnapping and Death” by Bashir Al-Ra’i, “The Game of Days” by Munir Al-Sabbah, “Yeslam Sawtak” by Ilham Abu Zaher, “Rafah on the Line of Fire” by Khalil Makkawi , and “Faris Al-Fursan” by Abdul Rahim Natil. He also has acting work, as he appeared in the war film “Al-Malazem” by director Suwailem Al-Absi, and participated in a patriotic series entitled “Wa Anta Ya Quds” by director Atef Issa, and sang the introductions of many films and series.
He also sang on the Carthage stage for Palestine in 1987 and represented Palestine in many international festivals, events and celebrations. During his stay at the Palestinian embassy in Romania , he graduated from the Academy of Journalism where he studied journalism at the University of Bucharest. This was against his will, as the ambassador at the time, Izzat Abu al-Rab (Khattab), forced him to study and granted 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 written by Abdul Fattah Muqdad.
Achievements and Awards
Awards
Jamal Al-Najjar received more than fifty certificates of honor and appreciation, nearly thirty honorary shields, and the award for the committed national song for Palestine. The Palestinian National Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas honored him in a large celebration in Ramallah under the supervision of the Political and National Guidance Authority, and Leader 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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