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Omar Abu Shawish
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian poet and novelist”. Today it says “palestinian poet”.
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Omar Fares Abu Shawish ( Arabic : عمر فارس أبو شاويش ; 22 March 1987 – 7 October 2023) was a Palestinian poet and novelist. He was a well-known social activist at the Nuseirat refugee camp . He was killed at the refugee camp by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza war . "رفقاءُ على درب الريشة والكلمة والصورة والشهادة.. إنهم يخرجون من غزّة فقط ليرتقوا إلى السّماء" . el-Ayem News (in Arabic). 24 October 2023.
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palestinian poet and novelist
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palestinian poet
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