Ibrahim Nasrallah

Ibrahim Nasrallah (Arabic: إبراهيم نصر الله; born 2 December 1954) is a renowned Palestinian poet, novelist, professor, journalist, painter, and photographer. He spent his childhood and youth in a refugee camp in Jordan after his Palestinian parents were evicted from their land in Al-Burayj, Palestine in 1948.

Nasrallah began his career as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. Upon his return to Amman, he worked in various roles in the media and cultural sectors until 2006, when he dedicated himself entirely to writing.

To date, he has published 15 poetry collections, 22 novels, and several other books. Notably, in 1985, he embarked on a literary project entitled "Palestinian Comedy" that spans 250 years of modern Palestinian history, composing 13 independent novels so far. His works have been translated into several languages including English, Persian, Italian, Spanish, Danish, and Turkish.

Besides being an accomplished writer, Nasrallah is also an artist and photographer, having held four solo exhibitions. He has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Arabic Booker Prize in 2018 for his novel "The Second Dog War". His novel "The Spirits of Kilimanjaro" won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novels in 2016 and again in 2020, making him the first Arabic writer to win it twice.

In a notable personal achievement, he successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in January 2014, alongside two Palestinian adolescents who had lost their legs, as part of a venture supporting a non-governmental organization dedicated to medical services for Palestinian and Arab children.

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