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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Asma Tubi was born in Nazareth. Her father was Rizq Tubi. Her husband was Ilyas Niqula Khuri. She had a daughter, Salwa.
She began her education at the English School in Nazareth where she showed a notable aptitude for languages. She continued to learn both English and Greek through private study and reading. Following her marriage and her move to Acre with her husband, she studied the Qur’an in order to perfect her Arabic.
Asma Tubi died in 1983 in Beirut and was buried there. In January 1990 she was posthumously awarded the Jerusalem Medal for Culture, Arts and Literature by the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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In 1972 she published her poems under the title Hubbi al-kabir. Despite her extensive knowledge of modern verse, her fine sensibility (which found a fertile field in poetry), and her talent in writing free verse, it was the only book of poetry she published. Nor did she ever return to playwriting. She concentrated her efforts on translating and publishing literary passages that she considered important. This was the subject of her work entitled al-Dunia hikayat, which were real-life stories collected from among many to be found in magazines, each story of which was written by the woman herself who had undergone a particular experience. In 1973 she was awarded the Grand Constantine Medal, officer class, one of the first women in the world who won that award.
she played a significant part in collecting contributions and supplying the rebels with money and in supervising the training of nurses and field hospitals. Together with colleagues she visited the wounded and the families of martyrs, providing them with food and medication.
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