By : Dina Shobaki
Ibrahim Touqan
Portrait
Born
1905
Nablus, Ottoman Empire
Died
May 2, 1941
Jerusalem, British Mandate for
Palestine
Occupation
Poet and college professor
Nationality
Palestinian Arab
Period
1923-1941
Genres
Nationalist
Career
After graduating with bachelor's degree in literature, Touqan worked as a
professor of Arabic literature at an -Najah National University in Nablus.
He later worked in two jobs as a professor at the American University in
Beirut and a sub-director of the Arabic Programe Section of the Jerusalem
Palestine Broadcasting Station .
Toucan's career as a poet began during his adolescence. He was
greatly influenced by his grandfather who wrote zajal, as well as
his mother who was fond of "heroic" Arabic literature.
Ibrahim Abd al-Fattah Touqan (1905 May 2, 1941)
- He was the brother of poet Fadwa Touqan and he tutored
and influenced her to write poetry. Ibrahim belonged to the
prominent Touqan family that governed Nablus for much of the
18th and 19th centuries.
Fadwa Touqan
Touqan took a great interest in the Qur'an,
apparently "reading it through every Ramadan".
famous poems :one of his famous poems, Mawtini, which he
wrote during the Arab revolt.
‫ غريرة في المكتبة‬.1
‫ مالئكة الرحمة‬.2
‫ الشهيد‬.3
‫ الشاعر المعلم‬.4