What is Abu Salma?
{{Infobox Writer | name = عبد الكريم الكرمي<br>Abdul-Karim al-Karmi |image = Abu Salma.png | native_name = عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي | native_name_lang = ar | birth_name = Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi | birth_date = 1909 | birth_place = [[Tulkarm]], West Bank | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|10|11|1909|df=y}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], United States | occupation = {{flatlist| * [[Poet]] * [[Writer]] * [[Politician]] }} | language = {{flatlist| * [[Arabic language|Arabic]] * [[English language|English]] }} | nationality = {{Flagicon|Palestine}} [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] | citizenship = {{Flagicon|Palestine}} [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] | alma_mater = | period = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Poetry]] }} | subject = [[Poetry]] | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | children = | 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 | salary = | networth = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Abdul-Karim al-Karmi''' (1909 - 11 October 1980), famously known as '''Abu Salma''',<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 October 2020|title=Abd al-Karim al-Karmi|url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1650682|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124195446/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1650682|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=1 February 2021|website=Institute for Palestine Studies|language=English}}</ref> He is a Palestinian poet and one of the Arab poets. He was born in [[Tulkarm]] city and died in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] city. He was the recipient of several awards and he chairman of the Union of Palestinian Writers and Jouranlists Until his death.