Omar Fares Abu Shawish | |
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عمر فارس أبو شاويش | |
| Born | Omar Fares Omar Abu Shawish (1987-03-22)22 March 1987 Nuseirat Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Died | 7 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 36) Nuseirat Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Cause of death | Israeli airstrike |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, novelist, journalist and social activist |
Omar Fares Abu Shawish (Arabic:عمر فارس أبو شاويش; 22 March 1987 – 7 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet, journalist, social activist and novelist. He was a well-known social activist at theNuseirat refugee camp. He was killed at the refugee camp by an Israeli airstrike in theGaza war.[1]
Abu Shawish was born in theNuseirat refugee camp on 22 March 1987.[2] His family are refugees fromBarqa, Gaza, which was occupied and depopulated on 13 May 1948 duringOperation Barak, aYishuv offensive in southernPalestine just prior to the outbreak of the1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3] He received a bachelor's degree injournalism fromAl-Azhar University, Gaza.[2] He was a member of the General Union for Palestinian Writers and the People's Committee for Refugees.[4] He was a co-founder of the Palestine Youth Cultural Network. He also wrote a number of patriotic and humanitarian songs, which spread widely during theGaza War (2008–2009).[2]
He won several local and international awards, including:[2]
He published a number of collections of poetry, and a novel, titled'Alā qayd al-mawt (Arabic:على قيد الموت), which was published by Bayt al-Yasmin in 2016.[6] His novel was critically received in Palestine.[7][8] The book was republished by Al Manhal in 2018.
On 7 October 2023, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike which hit his home inNuseirat Camp during theGaza war.[9][10]
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