Samih Al-Qasim

Samih Al-Qasim

Samīħ al-Qāsim ( (Arabic: سميح القاسم‎; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם‎; born 1939) is a Palestinian Druze whose Arabic poetry is well known throughout the Arab World. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: Before and after the Six-Day War. He joined the Communist Hadash political party in 1967. Al-Qasim has published several volumes and collections of poetry.

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