Omar Abu Shawish
Omar Fares Abu Shawish | |
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عمر فارس أبو شاويش | |
| Born | Omar Fares Omar Abu Shawish 22 March 1987 Nuseirat Camp, Gaza Strip |
| Died | 7 October 2023 (aged 36) Nuseirat Camp, Gaza Strip |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, novelist and social activist |
Omar Fares Abu Shawish (Arabic: عمر فارس ابو شاويش) (March 1987 – 7 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet, journalist and novelist. He also wrote a number of patriotic and humanitarian songs, which spread widely during the war on Gaza in 2008. He was killed in Nuseirat Camp by an Israeli airstrike in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[1]
Biography
[change | change source]Omar was born in the Nuseirat camp on March 22, 1987. His family origins go back to the village of Barqa, which Israel occupied during the Barak operation in May 1948. He studied in the schools of the Nuseirat camp, and obtained a bachelor’s degree of Journalism from Al-Azhar University in Gaza Strip. His father, Faris Abu Shawish, is a well-known athlete who has held several positions in the Palestinian Football Association.[2]
Death
[change | change source]He was killed on October 7, 2023 during an air strike carried out by the Israeli Air Force on the Gaza Strip, during the Israeli response to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.[3][4] The Palestinian Ministry of Culture and the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists mourned him by publishing letters bidding him farewell and offering sincere condolences to his family.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "رفقاءُ على درب الريشة والكلمة والصورة والشهادة.. إنهم يخرجون من غزّة فقط ليرتقوا إلى السّماء". ElAyam News (in Arabic). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ↑ ""على قيد الموت" رواية جديدة للكاتب عمر فارس أبو شاويش". Real Media (in Arabic). 4 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "Two Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli shelling". Jordan News. 7 October 2023.
- ↑ "National Press Club Statement on Journalist Safety in Gaza/Israel". Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "استشهاد الشاعر الفلسطيني عمر فارس أبو شاويش في غزة". Cairo 24 (in Arabic). 7 October 2023.
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