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Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani (Arabic: غسان فايز كنفاني ; 8 April 1936 – 8 July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian author and politician, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading Palestinian writers. [1]
Jul 8, 2022 · Assassinated by the Israeli Mossad at the age of 36 for his membership of a Palestinian revolutionary group, Kanafani is remembered as one of Palestine's most influential intellectuals
Apr 8, 2021 · Celebrated novelist and short-story writer Ghassan Kanafani was born on this day in 1936. Almost fifty years have passed since his assassination at the age of just 36: There is an urgency to Kanafani’s writing, both in its substance and the insistent movements of its style.
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was a Palestinian writer and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Kanafani was born on April 9, 1936, in city of Acre (Akka) under the British Mandate of Palestine.
Oct 11, 2022 · In a new book, journalist Danny Rubinstein looks at life of Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani, a voice for the refugees who was assassinated – most likely by Israel – for his role in the Lod Airport massacre.
Jul 8, 2021 · Today in 1972, at 36-years-old, the prolific author, journalist, and leading figure in the Palestinian resistance Ghassan Kanafani, was assassinated by the Mossad in Lebanon as a response to the Lod airport massacre.
Jul 8, 2022 · From exile to self-lamentation and disorientation, to revolution and resistance, Ghassan Kanafani's revolutionary work continues to inspire new writers and put Palestine at the forefront of literary debate.
Ghassan Kanafani was a member of the central committee of the Popu-lar Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the founder/editor of its much read and widely quoted weekly newspaper Al-Hadaf.
Jul 19, 2020 · Kanafani was a Palestinian writer who, through books like Men in the Sun, humanised the Palestinian condition of dispossession and displacement. He was, however, first and foremost a...
Jul 9, 2019 · If Mossad hadn't assassinated Ghassan Kanafani on July 8, 1972, when he was just 36 years old, this year would have been his 83rd birthday. Kanafani was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); he was also a famous journalist, committed to various political and social causes.
