Personal Info
- Country of residence: Jordan
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Zuhair Yasser Qassem Abu Shayeb (1958) is a Palestinian poet. He was born in Deir al-Ghusun in Tulkarm. Graduated from Yarmouk University, Department of Arabic Language, in 1982. He worked as a teacher of the Arabic language in Yemen, then as a graphic designer for a number of Arab publishing houses. He has several collections of poetry and books.
his biography
Zuhair Yasser Qassem Abu Shayeb was born in 1958 in Deir al-Ghosoun in the Tulkarm district and grew up there. He received a BA in Arabic language and literature from Yarmouk University in 1982.
He worked as a teacher of the Arabic language in Yemen in 1985, and has been working since his graduation in the field of graphic design at the Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing. He was the editor-in-chief of the quarterly Awraq magazine, which was issued by the Jordanian Writers Association in 1995 until 1997, and the Qasida magazine, of which one issue was published. He is the editor-in-chief of Al-Rozana magazine, which has been issued by the Jordanian Women’s Union since 2010. He was a member of the administrative board of the Writers Association for several sessions, and he is a member of it, and he served as the vice president of the association in the period 2007-2009, and he is also a member of the General Union of Arab Writers and Writers.
literary profession
In Sobhi Hadidi's opinion, Abu Shayeb "belongs to a few of the contemporary Arab poets, who possessed a stylistic imprint of high performance and mature tools. This not only reinforces his own strong voice among his peers; Rather, it leads to the launch of a rich experience that does not stop elevating, and establishes a strong personal voice within the scene, although it is not separated from the best traditions of Arabic poetic writing, and is not isolated from its interactions at the same time.”
His writings
Among his poetry collections:
The geography of the wind and questions, 1986
Book of Status and Maqamat, 1987
Grass Biography, You told me the meaning of the whole universe, 1997
Shadow of the Night, 2011
Secret rain, 2016
from his books:
Blind White, play, 1987
The Hard Nut, Essays on Poetry and Writing, 2007
Achievements and Awards
his prizes
2012: Mahmoud Darwish Prize for Freedom and Creativity in its third session with Jalila Bakkar.
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