The Story of the ‘Farmer of Words’
He was born into an Arab-Christian family and first became acquainted with literature while studying at Sion English College. His house was used as a meeting place for scholars.
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi poses with Palestinian women after opening a capacity building program for Palestinian refugees with the title "International Training of Trainers on Business Planning for Women in Refugee Camps: Women Empowerment to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals" in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday ( 5/3/2019).
It was summer when Adania Shiibli planned to steal a book. She drove her old car about an hour from Ramallah to Jerusalem. Using a student card from the Hebrew University, she was able to access the collections at the Israel National Library.
Her target was a book marked “abandoned property” or that of Khalil Al-Sakakini or one bearing this name. Al-Sakakini was a prominent Palestinian poet and thinker, who was quite influential in the Arab world in the mid-20th century.