Mohammed el-Kurd
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Mohammed el-Kurd is a Palestinian writer, poet, and journalist who gained prominence for his descriptions of Palestinians' lives under occupation in East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. El-Ku
Pro-Palestinian protester in San Francisco quoting el-Kurd
Rashid Hussein
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Rashid Hussein Mahmoud was a Palestinian poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator. He was born in Musmus, Mandatory Palestine. He published his first collection in 1957. He was the first
Mohammed el-Kurd
…College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College. El-Kurd has cited Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Rashid Hussein, Amal Dunqul, and Suheir Hammad among writers who have influenced him and whom he admires. In addition to his work in poetry and creative nonfiction…
Rashid Hussein, March 1958