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Muhammad Ibrahim Lafi was born in Hatta in 1945. His family later migrated to the West Bank, where he lived. He studied for a bachelor's degree in Arabic language for two years at Beirut Arab University in 1973–1974, after which he worked in the field of education.
He left Amman at the end of the 1970s for Beirut, then Damascus, where he published the poetry collections The Poem of Exodus (1985) and The Inscriptions of the Prodigal Boy (1990).
He worked in Jordanian and Syrian journalism, wrote a weekly column in Al-Majd newspaper, and served as a political and cultural editor for several Jordanian newspapers and a correspondent for a number of Arab media outlets. He is a member of the Jordanian Writers Association and the General Union of Arab Writers and Authors. He received the Abdul Rahim Omar Award for Best Arabic Poetry Collection from the Writers Association in 1996.
His writing spanned several genres, including short stories, essays, and satirical political texts. He is considered a prominent writer in screenwriting, analysis, and study, as well as in documentary filmmaking. His most notable work is the film The Wise Man... George Habash, which aired on Al Jazeera.
He has published several poetry collections since the 1970s, including:
- Mawawil on the Paths of Exile (poetry, Amman Press, 1973).
- The Descent from the Cave of Al-Raqim (poetry, Cooperative Printing Workers Association, 1975).
- The Poem of Exodus (poetry, Dar Al-Hiwar, 1985).
- The Inscriptions of the Prodigal Boy (poetry, Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists, 1990).
- Rhymed with Archers (poetry, Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 1993).
- Opening a Door for the Gazelle (poetry, Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 1996).
His most famous work is the poetry collection Rhymed with Archers, published by the House of Poetry in Palestine, his first published work in Palestine. The London-based newspaper Al-Hayat reported that the collection came in three introductions.
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