Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Arabic: عبد الكريم الكرمي), (1909–11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (أبو سلمى), was a famous Palestinian poet and one of the Arab poets,[1] was born in Tulkarm, and was a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was the recipient of several awards and he chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists until his death.[2]
Palestinian poet
عبد الكريم الكرمي Abdul-Karim al-Karmi
Abu Salma
Native name
عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي
Born
Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi 1909 Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire
Died
11 October 1980(1980-10-11) (aged70–71) Washington, United States
Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature (1990)
Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts (2015)
Relatives
Mahmoud Al-Karmi (brother) Hasan Karmi (brother) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother) Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi[ar] (brother) Sa'id Ali al-Karmi[ar] (father)
Biography
Abu Salma was born On 1909 in Tulkarm.[3] He studied law and worked in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine until April 1948. He then moved briefly to Acre and then to Damascus.[4] Abd al-Karim al-Karmi is the brother of Hasan Karmi, Mahmoud Al-Karmi and Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi.[3]
He died of sepsis at 11 October 1980 in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.[2]
Awards and Honors
1978: Lotus International Reward for Literature, by The Association of Asian and African Writers, it was given by the president of Angola Agostinho Neto for him.[5][3]
1980: Order of Palestinian revolution, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.[6]
1990: Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.[3]
2015: Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts, by the president of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.[7][8]
"Al-KARMI, ABDUL KARIM (ABU SALMA)". Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
"عبد الكريم الكرمي". Palestine News Agency (Wafa) (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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