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Ahmed Hussein Ighbariya (1939- August 23, 2017) is a Palestinian poet , novelist , and thinker . He is the younger brother of the resistance poet Rashid Hussein . Ahmed Hussein published one collection of short stories in 1979, and several books on children's literature , but most of his works were in the field of poetry, as he published several poetry collections. His literary production was not only political, but he also wrote emotional and erotic poetry . He was described in the "Encyclopedia of Arab Poets" as the author of a renewed poetry with a sharp nationalist and emotional tone.
His upbringing
He was born and studied elementary school in Haifa , then his family moved after the Nakba to the village of Musmus , and he finished his secondary education at the high school in the municipality of Nazareth , then joined the religious Bar-Ilan University , and studied religious theology and philosophy . Ahmed Hussein continued his university studies for three years in education and psychology and worked as a teacher between 1960 and 1990.
In an interview with him, he spoke about his childhood and the impact of the Nakba on his approach to writing: “The scenes of the Palestinian Nakba crushed my childhood. When the sadness and anger inside me turned into awareness, after overcoming the stage of astonishment and confusion of the situation, I did not see in writing alone, in all its forms, an equivalent to the enormity of the Nakba and the enormity of commitment it required. My constant obsession was to refuse to deal with the dictates of the onslaught, except for what fell under the force and obligation.”
His career and criticism
He began writing early in his studies, and worked as a teacher for 29 years, retiring in the 1980s. He began writing and publishing in the late 1950s, during his high school studies, and published his poetry and short stories in Al-Fajr magazine, which was edited by his brother, the poet Rashid Hussein. Ahmed Hussein wrote in Al-Jadeed magazine in the 1970s, under the pseudonym Ahmed Nazim. He also worked as an editor for Al-Marsad and Al-Musawwar magazines.
Ahmed Hussein took his time in publishing his first poetic work, “The Time of Fear,” which was published in 1977. After that, poetic works followed, in addition to a collection of short stories called “The Face and the Buttocks,” which was published in 1979.
One of the most recurring themes in Ahmad Hussein’s poetry was his city, Haifa , which represented for him “the world, that is, life, that is, being, that is, beauty, truth, and justice, and without it: no world, no freedom, no justice…and no real life.” Haifa is particularly strongly present in his collection “Reading in the Execution Square,” in which he says:
I give you pure poetry from my lips
Like the wine of our vineyard and the color of our evenings
If you tasted my sorrows, you would understand my poem
You knew that I was busy with my desires away from your bed
The birds of longing have landed over the horizon
Neither you nor Galilee nor I are in it
The heart is behind the eye, except that it is
The captain of our eagerness and the path of our passion
The earth is a homeland and you are a ship
In their sea, and a dove in our desert
You come closer and further away, you see no branch but
Our sorrows, so you land in our sorrows
In an article in Al- Quds Al-Arabi , the writer argued that Ahmed Hussein “remained in the shadows for many years despite his important literary production,” and noted the clear connection between his national and humanitarian stances and his literary production, which was also distinguished by its realism and expression of political events on the one hand and daily life on the other.
Sami Idris says in an article entitled “Ahmed Hussein, Lover of Haifa”: “You would think that the poet writes purely sensual erotic poetry while addressing his beloved, in the manner of Ibn al-Farid, who writes Sufi poetry and not human erotic poetry. As for our poet Ahmed Hussein, in his appeal and speech, he addresses the latent national self within him and torments him, sending the sweetest poetry in music, content and anguish, and in doing so he reaches the peaks of creativity, tearing his self apart within us, flogging it without mercy or compassion.” Nimr Saadi described Ahmed Hussein’s poetic experience as “one of the most important experiences of Palestinian poetry, if not (after Darwish’s experience ) the most important and most powerful aesthetically and poetically ever.”
Ahmed Hussein was an Arab nationalist who believed that “the renaissance of the nation will come through the struggle of millions of Arabs from the ocean to the Gulf .”
His death
He died on August 23, 2017 in his hometown of Musmus and was buried in its cemetery. He was mourned by the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Authors and the Palestinian Ministry of Culture .
His works
Time of Fear, Sons of the Country, Jerusalem (1977) - Poetry
Hymn of the Awaited Lord, The Walls, Acre (1978) - Poetry
The Face and the Buttocks, The Voice, Nazareth (1979) - a collection of short stories
Anat or the Exit from the Hijri Time, Voice, Nazareth (1983) - Poetry
With sadness I rejoice again, Al-Mashriq Center/Worker for Cultural and Development Studies, Ramallah (2002) - a collection of poetry
A Message on Rejection: Articles on the Arab Stage and Man, Nazareth, 2003.
Readings in the Execution Square, Kul Shi Library, Haifa (2004) - Poetry
The Ship and the Plane, Everything Library, Haifa, 2004.
Chicken Servant, Everything Library, Haifa, 2006.
The Bride and Groom: (He and She), Kul Shi Library, Haifa, 2006.
The Sparrow “CC”, Everything Library, Haifa, 2010.
Two Birds, Kul Shi Library, Haifa, 2010.
Al-Zanatem, Everything Library, Haifa (2011) - Poetry
Letters on the Window Glass to Mahmoud Darwish, Kul Shi Library, Haifa (2012) - articles and poems
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