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{{Infobox politician|name=Ghassan Kanafani|native_name=غسان كنفاني|birth_name=Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani|birth_date=April 8, 1936|birth_place=Akka, | {{Infobox politician|name=Ghassan Kanafani|native_name=غسان كنفاني|birth_name=Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani|birth_date=April 8, 1936|birth_place=Akka, Palestine|death_date=July 8, 1972|death_place=Beirut, Lebanon|death_cause=Assassination|nationality=Palestinian|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-Imperialism]]|political_party=[[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]|image=Ghassan Kanafani.png}}'''Ghassan Kanafani''' was a [[Palestinian]] writer and [[Marxist-Leninist]] political activist with the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]. He served as spokesman for the PFLP and was murdered by the [[Zionist Entity]] in 1972 in Lebanon.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Indlieb Farazi Saber , Nadda Osman , Haroon James|newspaper=Middle East Eye|title=Ghassan Kanafani: The life of a Palestinian writer|date=2022-07-08|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/ghassan-kanafani-palestine-life-writer}}</ref> | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Ghassan Kanafani was born in Akka, Palestine, which was then under | Ghassan Kanafani was born in Akka, Palestine, which was then under British rule. His parents were Fayiz Kanafani, a lawyer, and Aisha al-Salim. He was the third of eight children.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
He studied at [[College des Freres]], a French | He studied at [[College des Freres]], a French Catholic missionary school as a young child.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
His family was forced out of their home in 1948, when Kanafani was 12, by | His family was forced out of their home in 1948, when Kanafani was 12, by Zionist forces during the [[Nakba]]. They fled to Lebanon before settling in Damascus, Syria.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
He began to work at a printing press in Damascus while studying Arabic literature at the [[University of Damascus]]. He began to work as an art teacher in [[UNRWA]] schools in 1953. Around this time he met the Palestinian revolutionary [[Marxist-Leninist]] [[George Habash]] and began to become politically involved.<ref name=":0" /> | He began to work at a printing press in Damascus while studying Arabic literature at the [[University of Damascus]]. He began to work as an art teacher in [[UNRWA]] schools in 1953. Around this time he met the Palestinian revolutionary [[Marxist-Leninist]] [[George Habash]] and began to become politically involved.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In 1960 he moved to | In 1960 he moved to Kuwait before settling in Beirut, Lebabon soon after. There he met Danish activist [[Anni Hover]]. They married in 1961 and would go on to have two children, a daughter named Laila and a son named Fayez.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In 1967 he joined the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]. He became the editor of its magazine [[Al-Hadaf]] and a spokesman for the group.<ref name=":0" /> | In 1967 he joined the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]]. He became the editor of its magazine [[Al-Hadaf]] and a spokesman for the group.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||