The following section is a tribute to some of the Arab world’s
most influential personalities. Thinkers, politicians, writers,
singers, actors, filmmakers, businessmen, theologians, poets,
artists – all have in some way, positively or not, influenced
Arab culture and society. Although far from a complete list, the
following profiles will attempt to reveal a sampling of some of
the people and personalities who have been the driving forces,
directly or indirectly, behind some of the events, movements,
revolutions and ideas that have come to shape and mold the
contemporary Arab identity. whose works have been published in
20 different languages. He won many awards for his works and
also founded the top literary magazine of the Arab world of its
time – al-Karmel. The subjects of his over 30 volumes of poetry
and eight books of prose were, for the most part, all metaphors
for his beloved Palestine. The central theme of his work was
always of watan or homeland, and he joined the resistance
through his work. In fact