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عبد الكريم الكرمي
Abdul-Karim al-Karmi
Abu Salma
Abu Salma
Native name
عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي
BornAbdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi
1909
Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire
Died11 October 1980(1980-10-11) (aged 70–71)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
Language
NationalityPalestine Palestinian
CitizenshipPalestine Palestinian
Genre
SubjectPoetry
Years active1927–1980
Notable awards
RelativesMahmoud Al-Karmi (brother)
Hasan Karmi (brother)
Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother)
Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi [ar] (brother)
Sa'id Ali al-Karmi [ar] (father)

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Arabic: عبد الكريم الكرمي), (1909–11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (أبو سلمى), was a famous Palestinian Arab poet.[1] He was born in Tulkarm and was a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was the recipient of several awards and was chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists until his death.[2]

Biography

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Abu Salma was born in 1909 in Tulkarm.[3] He studied law and worked in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine until April 1948. He then moved briefly to Acre and then to Damascus.[4] He also worked briefly for Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS).[5]

He was a participant in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, and his verses about the revolt circulated in the local press as well as orally among Palestinians.[6]

He is the brother of Hasan Karmi, Mahmoud Al-Karmi and Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi.[3]

Works

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Abu Salma and Yasser Arafat

Poetry

  • The Exile, 1953.[3]
  • Songs of My Country, 1959.[3]
  • Children's Songs, 1964.[3]
  • My Brush Is from Palestine, 1971.[3]
  • Collected Works, 1978.[3]

Prose

  • The Struggle of the Arabs of Palestine, 1964.[3]
  • The Works of Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi: Literary, Critical and Fictional, 1964.[3]
  • Shaykh Sa‘id al-Karmi, 1973.[3]

Death

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He died of sepsis on 11 October 1980 in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.[2]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (1909-1980)". Institute for Palestine Studies. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Abdul Karim Karmi, 73, Dies: Palestinian Poet, Lived in Md". The Washington Post. 13 October 1980. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Abd al-Karim al-Karmi". palestinian journeys. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Abdul kareem Al Karmi". all4palestine. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ^ "The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948". Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ^ Nassar, Maha. Review of The Crime of Nationalism: Britain, Palestine, and Nation-Building on the Fringe of Empire by Matthew Kraig Kelly. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 49, no. 4 (Spring 2019): 695–97.
  7. ^ "Al-KARMI, ABDUL KARIM (ABU SALMA)". Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  8. ^ عبد الكريم الكرمي. Palestine News Agency (Wafa) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ المرسوم الرئاسي بمنح الشاعر الراحل عبد الكريم الكرمي (أبوسلمى) وسام الثقافة والعلوم والفنون بمستوى الإبداع. palestineremembered (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  10. ^ عائلة الكرمي تقدم الشكر للرئيس محمود عباس على تكريم الشاعر أبو سلمى. alwatanvoice (in Arabic). 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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