Published : 16-02-2021
The Lady of the Earth Foundation honored the Palestinian poet Abdullah Isaa as part of ceremony held in the West Bank province of Ramallah to pay tribute to the “icons of the year”.
Speaking from Russia, Abdullah Issa apologized for not being able to attend the event.
Abdulla Issa, born 15 January 1964, is a Palestinian poet, First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, journalist, political analyst, film producer, winner of several literary awards, and recognized as a national Palestinian poet. He is known as one of the representatives of "the poetry of updates".
Abdulla was born in the Yarmouk Camp near Damascus in Syria. His family was banished to Syria after the capture of his father's village in Palestine during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
He began to study the Quran and classical Arabic poetry. In 1984 he became the laureate of the "New Arabian poetry", and at the age of 21 he published his first collection of poems in Arabic, the Last part. From 1985-1989 he was editor of the magazine New tomorrow, becoming a laureate of the prize of the Union of writers of the Arab countries in 1986.
In 1989 he moved to the Soviet Union where he began to study Russian at the preparatory courses at Moscow State University. In 1991, in Moscow, he led the Palestinian Democratic Union under the direction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). From 1993 to 2003 he was the editor for cultural programs at TV and radio company "Voice of Russia", authoring programs about Russian and Arabian culture.
From 2007 to 2009 worked as the Chief Editor of the Russian office of the Arab News Agency "ANA". From 2012 to 2013 he was director of the film documentary project Muslims are proud of Russia. The project is aimed at real-world examples to show that there is no conflict between the terms "Muslim" and "Russian patriot". In 2013 he directed and co-produced "And we love life" about the life of the blockade of Gaza, Palestine, with the participation of the then Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniyeh and executive producer Ramil Khayrulin.
The Lady of the Earth Foundation honored the Palestinian poet Abdullah Isaa as part of ceremony held in the West Bank province of Ramallah to pay tribute to the “icons of the year”.
Speaking from Russia, Abdullah Issa apologized for not being able to attend the event.
Abdulla Issa, born 15 January 1964, is a Palestinian poet, First Secretary of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, journalist, political analyst, film producer, winner of several literary awards, and recognized as a national Palestinian poet. He is known as one of the representatives of "the poetry of updates".
Abdulla was born in the Yarmouk Camp near Damascus in Syria. His family was banished to Syria after the capture of his father's village in Palestine during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
He began to study the Quran and classical Arabic poetry. In 1984 he became the laureate of the "New Arabian poetry", and at the age of 21 he published his first collection of poems in Arabic, the Last part. From 1985-1989 he was editor of the magazine New tomorrow, becoming a laureate of the prize of the Union of writers of the Arab countries in 1986.
In 1989 he moved to the Soviet Union where he began to study Russian at the preparatory courses at Moscow State University. In 1991, in Moscow, he led the Palestinian Democratic Union under the direction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). From 1993 to 2003 he was the editor for cultural programs at TV and radio company "Voice of Russia", authoring programs about Russian and Arabian culture.
From 2007 to 2009 worked as the Chief Editor of the Russian office of the Arab News Agency "ANA". From 2012 to 2013 he was director of the film documentary project Muslims are proud of Russia. The project is aimed at real-world examples to show that there is no conflict between the terms "Muslim" and "Russian patriot". In 2013 he directed and co-produced "And we love life" about the life of the blockade of Gaza, Palestine, with the participation of the then Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniyeh and executive producer Ramil Khayrulin.
