Fadwa Tuqan

Fadwa Tuqan was born in 1917 in Nablus, into a wealthy and prominent family. Taken out of school very early and kept at home after a boy had offered her a jasmine flower, she was taught by her brother Ibrahim, a poet, who taught her English and verse. She studied English literature at Oxford from 1962 to 1964. After 1967, her poetry became that of the occupation. She published a two-volume autobiography and died in Nablus in 2003.

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• Poetryوحدي مع الأيامFadwa Tuqan · 1952not translated into EnglishLiterature