Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Kanafani was born in Palestine in 1936, and lived in exile, in Kuwait and then Lebanon, from 1948 when his family were displaced during the Nakba.
He was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, literary criticism and journalism. He was a member of the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). His literary work combines political urgency with an innovative literary style and powerful storytelling., and he remains one of the most important figures in the history of Arab literature.
He died in 1972 at the age of 36—assassinated, along with his teenaged niece, in a car bombing carried out by Mossad in Beirut.
He was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, literary criticism and journalism. He was a member of the leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). His literary work combines political urgency with an innovative literary style and powerful storytelling., and he remains one of the most important figures in the history of Arab literature.
He died in 1972 at the age of 36—assassinated, along with his teenaged niece, in a car bombing carried out by Mossad in Beirut.