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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

(1919–1994) Poet

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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra was a poet.

Quick Facts About Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Born: August 28, 1919
Died: December 12, 1994
Profession: Poet

About Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

[Wikidata] Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist, and translator (1920-1994)... | [Wikipedia] Jabra Ibrahim Jabra was an Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist and intellectual born in Adana in French-occupied Cilicia to a Syriac Orthodox Christian family. His family survived the Seyfo Genocide and fled to the British Mandate of Palestine in the early 1920s. Jabra was educated at government school

Quotes by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to…

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Alive

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They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and…

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Appreciated

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Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you…

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Imagine

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The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's…

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Art

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Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of…

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Dream

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