Rashad Abu Shawar (Arabic: رشاد أبو شاور, romanized: Rashād Abū Shāwir; 15 June 1942 – 28 September 2024) was a Palestinian short story writer and novelist, and was a member of the Palestinian National Council. He received the Palestine Appreciation Award 2019.
Biography Abu Shawar was born in Zikrin, Hebron, Palestine, on 15 June 1942. He held several positions in institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and worked at the Unified Media Council in Beirut. He died in Amman on 28 September 2024.
Works He published more than 7 novels and short stories, including: Ayyām al-ḥarb wa al-mawt (), 1973 Bayt Akhḍar Dhū Saqf qrmydy (), 1974 al-Bukāʼ ʻalá Ṣadr al-Ḥabīb (), 1974 al-Ashjār lā tnmw ʻalá al-dafātir (), 1975 al-ʻUshshāq (), 1978 ʻIṭr al-Yāsamīn (), 1978 Arḍ al-ʻAsal (), 1979 al-Rabb lam ystrḥ fī al-yawm al-sābiʻ (), 1986
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