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Abdel Nasser Muhammad Ali Saleh (Abu Khaled; October 12, 1957 -) is a Palestinian poet, writer, and politician, born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is considered one of the most prominent poets in Palestine, and one of the prominent members of the Fatah movement. He held the position of Deputy Palestinian Minister of Culture, a member of the Palestinian National Council in the Palestine Liberation Organization, and one of the founders of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Writers. He is nicknamed the "Poet of Freedom", as he wrote a large number of his poetry books inside Israeli prisons, and he has a wide Arab presence.
His upbringing and life
Abdel Nasser Muhammad Ali Saleh was born in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank on October 12, 1957. He received his primary, preparatory and secondary education in the schools of his city of Tulkarm, and completed high school at the prestigious Al-Fadhilia school in Tulkarm. The Israeli authorities arrested him several times, and he spent his time moving between Tulkarm prison and a number of prisons. His father is the poet and politician Muhammad Ali Al-Saleh.
His career and positions
Deputy Palestinian Minister of Culture from April 26, 2015 until August 1, 2018, commissioned by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Former Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture.
Member of the Palestinian National Council in the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Member of the Board of Trustees of Palestine Technical University (Khadouri) in Tulkarm from March 5, 2020 until now, by a decision issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Member of the Sixth Congress of the Fatah Movement.
Vice-President of the Palestinian Writers Union from 1987 to 2005.
Vice-Chairman of the Student Union Council at An-Najah National University (1979-1984).
One of the founders of the Palestinian Writers Union in 1987.
Founder and President of the Student Youth Movement, and Youth Committees for Social Work.
He worked as a lecturer at An-Najah National University from 1985 to 1995.
Founder and President of the “Tulkarm Cultural and Artistic Forum (Mattaf)” in 1992.
Some of his poems have been translated into English, German and Turkish.
He represented Palestine in a number of international festivals; These include the Cairo International Book Fair, the Jerash International Festival in Jordan, the Al-Mirbad Poetry Festival in Iraq, and others.
He participated in poetry and cultural symposia in a number of countries, including Bahrain, Turkey, Syria, Algeria, and Yemen.
His poetry collections
"The Knight Who Was Killed Before the Fencing", in 1980, was written by the poet in 1977 inside Tulkarm Prison.
"Inside the Decisive Moment", 1981.
"Map for Joy", 1986.
“Glory bows before you.” He wrote this diwan in the Negev prison in 1987, during the outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada.
"The Anthem of the Sea", 1991.
"The Fruit of Remorse", 1999.
"Cities of Presence and Absence", 2009.
His most prominent poems
“Letters from the Cell…to my Mother.” This poem is studied in the Arabic language book on the Palestinian curriculum, and was written by the poet in Tulkarm prison.
“In the beginning was the stone,” and he wrote it inside Israeli prisons, and it talks about the suffering and steadfastness of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli cells.
“An Elegy for the Knight of the Poem,” during which the poet Abdel Nasser survived his father, the poet and politician Muhammad Ali Saleh.
"The face of a gazelle...a diamond for its strands."
"alternative".
“A writing on the trunk of an olive tree,” which he wrote in Tulkarm prison between 1977-1978.
An old stump on a stone.
"Unusually."
"We will shade the city, as its solution."
The dialectic of death and life.
"Ansar Diaries 3".
"You gave me your hand."
A sharp rhythm for a very important poem.
"The Boom".
"A horizon embroidered with dew".
"Day and Night Shifts".
A message from a martyr.
Green angels, joyful boys.
"The martyr continues his rise."
“The lover reads a fatiha.”
"Freedom Poet"
The Palestinian writer Ziad Odeh wrote a book entitled “The Poet of Freedom Abdel Nasser Saleh,” in which Ziyad Odeh examined the life and poetry of the poet Abdel Nasser. This book was published in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in 2013.
Achievements and Awards
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He received the first prize of the Palestinian Writers Union in 1990.
He received the first poetry prize at An-Najah National University in 1980, and was called the "University Poet".
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