Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1919-1994) was a Palestinian writer, novelist, poet, painter and critic. He is considered a leading voice in Palestinian literature.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Here I stand and make

Both myth and reality in my own way
And live the violence of my dream
and of my reality.
- A Poem Sequence

• For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come.

- The Rebels, the Committed and the Other: Transitions in Arabic Poetry Today, Middle East Forum

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