Amjad Nasser, known with the pseudonym of Yahya Numeiri al-Naimat, was a London-based Jordanian writer, journalist and poet and one of the pioneers of modern Arabic poetry and Arabic prose poem.
11 Facts About Amjad Nasser
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Amjad Nasser grew up in Zarqa from the age of three where he saw first hand the plight of the Palestinian refugees in the city and was deeply affected.
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Amjad Nasser was impressed by the Palestinian militant movement, which he joined after graduating school.
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Amjad Nasser worked in the Jordanian television and print media in Amman for around two years.
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Amjad Nasser then left for Lebanon in 1977, following a political crisis linked to the Palestinian organization he was a part of, the Jordanian Revolutionary People's Party.
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Amjad Nasser worked as an editor for the cultural section of al-Hadaf magazine, which was founded by Ghassan Kanafani, he worked there until the Siege of Beirut in the summer of 1982, when he started to work with Palestinian radio.
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Amjad Nasser's poetry emphasized the celebration of daily life in detail, rather than raw politics.
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Amjad Nasser was one of the pioneers among the young poets who after a remarkable experience with poetry, converted to prose poem.
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Amjad Nasser participated in many Arab and international poetry festivals, such as Cairo or that of Jerash in Jordan where he was responsible for its international leadership; or that of London which was the first time an Arab poet has read his poems in one of its opening evenings; or that of Rotterdam or that of Colombia.
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Amjad Nasser published eight books of poetry and two books of travelogue.
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Amjad Nasser had published since he began writing, eight books of poetry and a novel.