What is Samih al-Qasim?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Samīħ al-Qāsim <br> سميح القاسم <br /> {{Hebrew|'''סמיח אל קאסם'''}} | image = Samih al-qasim.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Samīħ al-Qāsim in Madrid | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|5|11}} | birth_place = [[az-Zarqa]], [[Emirate of Transjordan|Transjordan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|19|1939|5|11}} | death_place = [[Rameh]], [[Israel]] | occupation = Poet and journalist | nationality = [[State of Israel|Israeli]] | period = 1963-2014 | genre = Nationalist, tragedy }} '''Samīħ al-Qāsim''', {{lang-ar|سميح القاسم}} ,<ref>[http://www.nrg.co.il/online/5/ART1/662/015.html#5018540 Interview with Mira Awad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510113824/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/5/ART1/662/015.html#5018540 |date=2023-05-10 }}, [[Maariv]], 22 May 2009</ref> {{lang-he|סמיח אל קאסם}} ,<ref>Also spelt in Hebrew: '''סמיח אל-קאסם'''</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=HUtLdFrBJ-8 Samīħ al-Qāsim reads one of his poem at the ''Sha'ar International Poetry Festival 2009'']</ref> (born May 11, 1939 - died August 19, 2014) was a [[Arabic language|Arab-language]] poet from [[Israel]]. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: before and after the [[Six-Day War]]. He joined the Communist [[Rakah]] party in 1967, later [[Hadash]] - the Front for Democracy and Equality. Al-Qasim has published several volumes and collections of poetry. He worked also as a journalist and was several times in prison because of his political activities. Al-Qasim died aged 75 of cancer. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Qasim, Samih al-}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Communists]] [[Category:Druze]] [[Category:Israeli activists]] [[Category:Palestinian journalists]] [[Category:Jordanian writers]] [[Category:Palestinian poets]] [[Category:Political activists]] [[Category:Israeli-Arab people]] {{bio-stub}}