Taha Muhammad Ali Biography
Taha Muhammad Ali (Arabic: طه محمد علي) (born 1931 in Saffuriyya, Galilee – October 2, 2011 in Nazareth) was a Palestinian poet.
Taha Muhammad Ali fled to Lebanon with his family when he was seventeen after their village came under heavy bombardment during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The following year, he returned to Nazareth, where he lived till his death.[1] In the 1950s and 1960s, he sold souvenirs during the day to Christian pilgrims and studied poetry at night. His formal education ended after fourth grade. He was owner of a small souvenir shop near the Church of the Annunciation which he operated with his sons, Muhammad Ali wrote vividly of his childhood in Saffuriyya and the political upheavals he survived.
You asked me once,
on our way back
from the midmorning
trip to the spring:
...
At times ... I wish
I could meet in a duel
the man who killed my father
and razed our home,
...
If, over this world, there's a ruler
who holds in his hand bestowal and seizure,
at whose command seeds are sown,
...
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