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1 day ago · A Palestinian politician, poet and activist known for his revolutionary poetry, Tawfiq Zayyad was arrested and imprisoned multiple times during his life. He served as the editor of the literary journal al-Jadid, and was a very active politician – elected as a deputy to the Knesset and served as mayor of Nazareth.
May 7, 2024 · Poets such as Mahmoud Darwish, Fadwa Tuqan, Tawfiq Zayyad, Harun Hashim Rasheed, and Samih al-Qasim were amongst the many writers who led the Palestinian resistance poetry movement when it gained real traction in 1948, after the forced displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians (known as the Nakba).
4 days ago · Tamir Sorek is a Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History at Penn State University. His biography of Tawfiq Zayyad has been published in English by Stanford University Press (2020), in Arabic by MADAR (2023), and in Hebrew by Pardes.
May 19, 2024 · In the Palestinian reality, every day is Land Day. On 30 March we reiterate what the Palestinian poet and one of the leading voices of the 1976 protests, Tawfik Zayyad, described: In Lidda, in Ramla, in the Galilee, we shall remain like a wall upon your chest, and in your throat like a shard of glass, a cactus thorn, and in your eyes, a sandstorm.
May 14, 2024 · του Tawfiq Zayyad. Στη Λύδδα, στη Ράμλα, στη Γαλιλαία, εδώ θα μείνουμε σαν πέτρα στο στήθος σας, θραύσματα από γυαλί, φραγκοσυκιάς αγκάθια στο λαρύγγι σας και μες στα μάτια σας πυρακτωμένη θύελλα.
May 24, 2024 · By Tawfiq Zayyad, the mayor of Nazareth until his sudden death in 1994. In Lidda, in Ramla, in the Galilee, we shall remain like a wall upon your chest, and in your throat like a shard of glass, a cactus thorn, and in your eyes a sandstorm. Continue reading “Here We Will Stay” →
May 23, 2024 · Tawfiq Zayyad. 7 May 1929 - 5 July 1994. Biography . Yasir Arafat. 24 August 1929 - 11 November 2004. Biography . Bassam Shak’a. 1930 - 22 July 2019. Biography .
