Abu Salma
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi, (1909–11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (أبو سلمى), was a famous Palestinian Arab poet. 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.
Also recorded as Abdul-Karim al-Karmi · Abd al-Karim al-Karmi · Abdul-Karim Karmi · Abd al-Karim Karmi
Abu Salma
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- Name
- عبد الكريم الكرمي Abdul-Karim al-Karmi
- Birth Name
- Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi
- Born
- 1909
- Birthplace
- Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 11 October 1980
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Occupation
- * Poet
- Awards
- * Lotus International Reward for Literature (1978)
- Full name
- عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي.
- Nationality
- Palestine.
- Fields
- poetry.
- Movements
- Palestinian literature and Arabic literature.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Biography
Biography
Abu Salma studied at Al-Fadiliya School. The recorded working language is Arabic and English. The field of work recorded is poetry. Works named in the authority record are Kifah Arab Filastin. Distinctions recorded are Lotus Prize for Literature, Order of Palestinian revolution, Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature and Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts.
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi with Yasser Arafat, in Syria, unknown year
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — عبد الكريم الكرمي Abdul-Karim al-Karmi • Native Name — عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي • Birth Name — Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi • Born — 1909 • Birthplace — Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire • Died — 11 October 1980 • Place of death — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Occupation — * Poet • Writer • Politician • Language — * Arabic • English • Citizenship — Palestine Palestinian • Genre — * Poetry • Subject — Poetry • Awards — * Lotus International Reward for Literature (1978) • Order of Palestinian revolution (1980) • Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature (1990) • Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts (2015) • Years Active — 1927–1980 • Relatives — Mahmoud Al-Karmi (brother) Hasan Karmi (brother) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother) Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi (brother) Sa'id Ali al-Karmi (father)
Documentary record
Abu Salma appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (1909 – 11 October 1980). The birth of Abu Salma is recorded in 1909, and the death on 11 October 1980.
Biography
Biography
Abu Salma was born in 1909 in Tulkarm. He studied law and worked in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine until April 1948. He then moved briefly to Acre and then to Damascus. He also worked briefly for Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). 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. He is the brother of Hasan Karmi, Mahmoud Al-Karmi and Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi.
Documentary record
Abu Salma was born in Tulkarm, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Tulkarm (Palestine). The place of death of Abu Salma is recorded as Washington, DC by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as Washington (États-Unis) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Works
Works
• Illustration — Abu Salma and Yasser Arafat Poetry • The Exile, 1953. • Songs of My Country, 1959. • Children's Songs, 1964. • My Brush Is from Palestine, 1971. • Collected Works, 1978. Prose • The Struggle of the Arabs of Palestine, 1964. • The Works of Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi: Literary, Critical and Fictional, 1964. • Shaykh Sa‘id al-Karmi, 1973.
Death
Death
He died of sepsis on 11 October 1980 in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Tulkarm.
Birth place
Washington and D.C.
Death place
Awards and honors
• 1978: Lotus International Reward for Literature, by The Association of Asian and African Writers, it was given by the president of Angola Agostinho Neto for him. • 1980: Order of Palestinian revolution, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat. • 1990: Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat. • 2015: Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts, by the president of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (1909-1980). Institute for Palestine Studies. 11 October 2021.
- 2.Abdul kareem Al Karmi. all4palestine.
- 3.Gelvin, James L. The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A History. Fourth edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021, 166.
- 4.The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948. Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest.
- 5.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.
- 6.Abd al-Karim al-Karmi. palestinian journeys.
- 7.Abdul Karim Karmi, 73, Dies: Palestinian Poet, Lived in Md. The Washington Post. 13 October 1980.
- 8.Al-KARMI, ABDUL KARIM (ABU SALMA). Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs.
- 9.Palestine News Agency (Wafa).
- 10.palestineremembered.
- 11.alwatanvoice. 28 August 2016.
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