Hasan Karmi | |
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حسن سعيد الكرمي | |
 Hasan Karmi | |
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | May 5, 2007(2007-05-05) (aged 101–102) Amman, Jordan |
| Children | Ghada Karmi, Siham al-Karmi |
| Relatives | Mahmoud Al-Karmi (brother) Ahmad Shakir al-Karmiar:أحمد شاكر الكرمي (brother) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother) Abu Salma (brother) |
Hasan Sa'id Karmi (Arabic:حسن سعيد الكرمي; 1905 – May 5, 2007) was aPalestinian linguist and broadcaster for theBBC Arabic Service.[2]
Hasan Karmi was born inTulkarm (then in theOttoman Empire).[1] The son of asharia court judge, Sheikh Sa'id al-Karmi, and the brother of the poetAbd al-Karim al-Karmi. Karmi studied in a local Qur'anic school in Tulkarm and later attended English College in Jerusalem. He joined the British mandate government's education department and won two scholarships, in 1939 and 1945, to study at theInstitute of Education in London.[citation needed]
Karmi joined theBBC Arabic Service and worked as a broadcaster for nearly 40 years.[3] He was the creator, writer, and presenter of a weekly literary program calledQawlun ala Qawl (Saying on a Saying) devoted to Arabic poetry and proverbs.[4] For years he also wrote a column inHuna London(London Calling), which the embassy in Saudi Arabia used to distribute on behalf of the BBC Arabic Service. In 1969 Karmi was awarded anMBE for services to the BBC.[citation needed]
Karmi was married to aSyrian woman, Amina, had one son, Ziyad, and two daughters, Siham andGhada Karmi. He returned to the Middle East, to Jordan, in 1989 and spent his remaining years working on eleven dictionaries, one Arabic-English, the rest English-Arabic.[2]
He died on 5 May 2007 inAmman, Jordan.
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