Abu Salma Explained

عبد الكريم الكرمي Abdul-Karim al-Karmi
Native Name:	عبد الكريم سعيد علي منصور الكرمي
Native Name Lang:	ar
Birth Name:	Abdul-Karim Sa'id Ali Mansour al-Karmi
Birth Date:	1909
Birth Place:	Tulkarm, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality:	Palestinian
Citizenship:	Palestinian
Subject:	Poetry
Awards:	Lotus International Reward for Literature (1978) Order of Palestinian revolution (1980) Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature (1990) Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts (2015)
Years Active:	1927–1980
Relatives:	Mahmoud Al-Karmi (brother) Hasan Karmi (brother) Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi (brother) (brother) (father)

Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Arabic: عبد الكريم الكرمي), (1909–11 October 1980), known as Abu Salma (Arabic: 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 the chairman of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists until his death.

Biography

Abu Salma was born in 1909 in Tulkarm. He studied law and worked in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine until April 1948. He then moved briefly to Acre and then to Damascus.^[2] He also worked briefly for Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS).^[3] Abd al-Karim al-Karmi is the brother of Hasan Karmi, Mahmoud Al-Karmi and Abdul-Ghani Al-Karmi.^[4]

Works

Poetry

• The Exile, 1953.
• Songs of My Country, 1959.
• Children's Songs, 1964.
• My Brush Is from Palestine, 1971.
• Collected Works, 1978.

Prose

• The Struggle of the Arabs of Palestine, 1964.
• The Works of Ahmad Shakir al-Karmi: Literary, Critical and Fictional, 1964.
• Shaykh Sa‘id al-Karmi, 1973.

Death

He died of sepsis on 11 October 1980 in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.^[5]

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.^[6]
• 1980: Order of Palestinian revolution, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.^[7]
• 1990: Order of Jerusalem for Culture, Arts and Literature, by the president of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat.
• 2015: Order of Palestine for Culture, Science and Arts, by the president of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.^{[8] [9]}

External links

• Abd al-Karim al-Karmi.
• Link to poem of "We Will Return", Abu Salma, 1951.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (1909-1980). 11 October 2021. 13 July 2022. Institute for Palestine Studies. English. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713233549/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1650682.
2. Web site: Abdul kareem Al Karmi. 13 July 2022. all4palestine. English. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713233938/http://www.all4palestine.com/ModelDetails.aspx?gid=7&mid=1996&lang=en. live.
3. Web site: The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948 . 2023-12-02 . Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest . en.
4. Web site: Abd al-Karim al-Karmi. 13 July 2022. palestinian journeys. English. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713234153/https://www.palquest.org/en/node/9829. live.
5. News: Abdul Karim Karmi, 73, Dies: Palestinian Poet, Lived in Md.. 13 October 1980. 13 July 2022. The Washington Post. English. 13 July 2022. https://archive.today/20220713231838/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/10/13/abdul-karim-karmi-73-dies-palestinian-poet-lived-in-md/5cf1dc08-ebc9-4e4e-82dc-b58278b87b06/. live.
6. Web site: Al-KARMI, ABDUL KARIM (ABU SALMA). 13 July 2022. Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs. English. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713232824/http://passia.org/personalities/231. live.
7. Web site: ar:عبد الكريم الكرمي. https://info.wafa.ps/persons.aspx?id=339 . 13 July 2022. Palestine News Agency (Wafa). Arabic. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713233011/https://info.wafa.ps/persons.aspx?id=339.
8. Web site: ar:المرسوم الرئاسي بمنح الشاعر الراحل عبد الكريم الكرمي (أبوسلمى) وسام الثقافة والعلوم والفنون بمستوى الإبداع. https://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Tulkarm_8015/ar/Picture_105437.html . 13 July 2022. palestineremembered. Arabic. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713232651/https://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Tulkarm_8015/ar/Picture_105437.html. live.
9. Web site: ar:عائلة الكرمي تقدم الشكر للرئيس محمود عباس على تكريم الشاعر أبو سلمى. https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2016/08/28/963799.html . 28 August 2016. 13 July 2022. alwatanvoice. Arabic. 13 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220713232252/https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2016/08/28/963799.html. live.