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Omar Fares Abu Shawish (Arabic: عمر فارس أبو شاويش; 22 March 1987 – 7 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet and novelist. He was a well-known social activist at the Nuseirat refugee camp. He was killed at the refugee camp by an Israeli airstrike in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
Biography
AAbu Shawish was born in the Nuseirat refugee camp on 22 March 1987. His family are refugees from Barqa, Gaza, which was occupied and depopulated on 13 May 1948 during Operation Barak, a Yishuv offensive in southern Palestine just prior to the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Al-Azhar University, Gaza. He was a member of the General Union for Palestinian Writers and the People's Committee for Refugees. 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 the Gaza War (2008–2009).
He won several local and international awards, including:
“Best National Song of the Year 2007” award at the International Festival of National Song and Heritage in Jordan
“Distinguished Volunteer and Ideal Young” award in 2010 within the National Festival honoring Palestinian volunteers, at the initiative of the Sharek Youth Forum in Palestine and sponsored by the Palestinian Supreme Council for Youth and Sports
“Distinguished Arab Youth in the Field of Media, Journalism and Culture” award for the year 2013 by the Arab Youth Council for Integrated Development of the Arab League.
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. His novel was critically received in Palestine. The book was republished by Al Manhal in 2018.
On 7 October 2023, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike which hit his home in Nuseirat Camp during the Israel–Hamas war.
Works
على قيد الموت (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Bayt al-Yāsmı̄n lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzı̄ʼ. 2016. ISBN 978-977-6402-97-3. LCCN 2016357899. OCLC 1026644340. OL 44527504M.
References
External links
Omar Abu Shawish on Facebook
Omar Abu Shawish on Instagram
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pembunuhan jurnalis dalam perang Israel–Hamas
- Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)
- Omar Abu Shawish
- Omar (name)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- Killing of journalists in the Israel–Hamas war
- Nova music festival massacre
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- Timeline of the Israel–Hamas war
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli figures
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
