Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Explained

Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
Native Name:	إبراهيم محمد صالح
Native Name Lang:	ar
Birth Name:	Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
Birth Date:	1931
Birth Place:	Al-Shajara, Mandatory Palestine
Death Place:	Homs, Syria
Occupation:	Singer Poet

Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh, commonly known as Abu Arab, nicknamed Poet of the Palestinian revolution,^[1] (1931 – 2 March 2014) was a Palestinian artist and poet. He was born in Al-Shajara during the British mandate in Palestine. He lived in exile for 63 years before returning to his homeland in 2011 to participate in a cultural festival.^[2] He and his family was forced to flee during the Nakba to Syria where they ended up in Homs.^[2] Saleh lost his father in 1948 and his son in the 1982 Lebanon War.^[3]

Death

Abo Arab died in Homs, Syria on 2 March 2014 at age 83, due to illness.^[4] The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas mourned his death.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abu Arab, poet of the Palestinian revolution, dies – Middle East Monitor.
2. News: وفاة أبو عرب .. شاعر الثورة الفلسطينية. Reuters . 2 March 2014. www.reuters.com.
3. Web site: رحيل أبو عرب «شاعر الثورة الفلسطينية» .
4. Web site: الموت يُغيب فنان الثورة الفلسطينية "أبو عرب". الجزيرة نت.
5. https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/3/3/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8/1536038
6. Web site: Hamas mourns death of Palestinian poet and vocalist Ibrahim Abu Arab. 3 March 2014. The Palestinian Information Center.