Samih Al-Qasim - Present Life

Present Life

Al-Qasim currently works as a journalist in Haifa where he runs the Arabesque Press and the Folk Arts Centre and is the editor-of-chief in the Israeli Arab newspaper Kul al-Arab. He recites many of his poems to large audiences in the Arab towns and cities of the Galilee monthly. Al-Qasim has refused to leave Israel; In an interview with Index he is quoted as saying "I have chosen to remain in my own country not because I love myself less, but because I love my country more".

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