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Terpanggang
176 pages, Unknown Binding
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Ghassan Kanafani
98 books2,281 followersGhassan Kanafani (Arabic: غسان كنفاني)
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at the age of 36, assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, By the Israeli Mossad
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in Acre in Palestine (then under the British mandate) in 1936. His father was a lawyer, and sent Ghassan to a French missionary school in Jaffa. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Kanafani and his family fled to Lebanon, but soon moved on to Damascus, Syria, to live there as Palestinian refugees.
After studying Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, Kanafani became a teacher at the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. There, he began writing short stories, influenced by his contact with young children and their experiences as stateless citizens.
In 1960 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he became the editor of several newspapers, all with an Arab nationalist affiliation. In Beirut, he published the novel Men in the Sun (1962). He also published extensively on literature and politics, focusing on the the Palestinian liberation movement and the refugee experience, as well as engaging in scholarly literary criticism, publishing several books about post-1948 Palestinian and Israeli literature.
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at the age of 36, assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, By the Israeli Mossad
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in Acre in Palestine (then under the British mandate) in 1936. His father was a lawyer, and sent Ghassan to a French missionary school in Jaffa. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Kanafani and his family fled to Lebanon, but soon moved on to Damascus, Syria, to live there as Palestinian refugees.
After studying Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, Kanafani became a teacher at the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. There, he began writing short stories, influenced by his contact with young children and their experiences as stateless citizens.
In 1960 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he became the editor of several newspapers, all with an Arab nationalist affiliation. In Beirut, he published the novel Men in the Sun (1962). He also published extensively on literature and politics, focusing on the the Palestinian liberation movement and the refugee experience, as well as engaging in scholarly literary criticism, publishing several books about post-1948 Palestinian and Israeli literature.
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May 31, 2026
Novel terjemahan yang saya kira cukup bagus dari IBDE yang merupakan tulisan asal oleh Ghassan Kanafani. Beliau merupakan salah seorang jurnalis, penulis, dan juga aktivis yang giat menulis tentang tanah airnya. Novel ini memuatkan kisah utamanya, 'Terpanggang' serta kisah-kisah pendek yang lain yang semuanya berkisarkan realiti kehidupan,penderitaan, penindasan yang dialami rakyat Palestin dan cabaran mereka untuk keluar dari tanah air mereka untuk membina semula kehidupan yang dimusnahkan oleh rejim Zionis terkutuk itu.
Sebagai penutup, semoga Allah merahmati ruh sang pengarang,Ghassan Kanafani serta semua pejuang pembebasan dari seluruh dunia. Akhir kata, saya memetik ungkapan pengarang dalam bahasa Inggeris yang menggambarkan kebiadapan penjajah Zionis:
"They steal your bread,
then give you a crumb of it,
Then demand you to thank them for their generosity,
O their audacity!"
Sebagai penutup, semoga Allah merahmati ruh sang pengarang,Ghassan Kanafani serta semua pejuang pembebasan dari seluruh dunia. Akhir kata, saya memetik ungkapan pengarang dalam bahasa Inggeris yang menggambarkan kebiadapan penjajah Zionis:
"They steal your bread,
then give you a crumb of it,
Then demand you to thank them for their generosity,
O their audacity!"
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