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Samih al-Qasim

1939 - 2014

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Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (Arabic: سميح القاسم; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Before the Six-Day War in 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; after the war he joined the Israeli Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Samih al-Qasim is the 4,272nd most popular writer (down from 3,651st in 2024), the 24th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 21st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jordanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samih al-Qasim ranks 4,272 out of 7,302. Before him are Hadiya Davletshina, Lyuben Karavelov, Anne Tyler, Emmanuel Roblès, Pauline Kael, and William Gaddis. After him are Thorkild Hansen, Margaret Weis, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Orientius, Ōtomo no Tabito, and Juhan Liiv.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Samih al-Qasim ranks 345. Before him are Luigi Simoni, Joseph Vilsmaier, Adrienne Clarkson, Jacques Vallée, Friedel Lutz, and Michael Gothard. After him are Jacek Gmoch, Ernst Zündel, Billy Cox, Edoardo Menichelli, Renée Schuurman, and Jimmie Nicol. Among people deceased in 2014, Samih al-Qasim ranks 278. Before him are Martin Špegelj, Thomas Berger, Brian Hart, Glen A. Larson, Ian Paisley, and Mel Patton. After him are Louise Brough, Alice Coachman, Brian G. Hutton, Frans van der Lugt, Victor J. Stenger, and China Zorrilla.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 24 out of 59. Before him are Fouad Twal (1940), Simon bar Giora (100), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Abdullah Ensour (1939), and Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947). After him are Zaid ibn Shaker (1934), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan (1994), Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (1948), Mudar Badran (1934), and Adnan Badran (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 3. Before him are Menippus (-290), and Meleager of Gadara (-130). After him are Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), Nahed Hattar (1960), Lama Abu-Odeh (1962), and Suheir Hammad (1973).

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