The well-known Palestinian poet Ahmad Dahbour 71 passed away on Saturday afternoon at a Ramallah hospital following deterioration in his health said the Ministry of Culture in a eulogy statement.
Dahbour was born in Haifa in 1946 and had lived in Lebanon and Syria after the 1948 displacement of the Palestinian people following the creation of Israel in Palestine.
He published a number of poetry books during his life most of them were published in Beirut and his poetry was used as nationalist songs by many musical groups.
Palestinian culture and information ministries mourned and praised Dahbour and sent condolences to his family.
He worked as Editor-in-Chief of Lotus Magazine until 1988 as well as Director-General of the Culture Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was a member of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union.
Dahbour won Tawfiq Ziyad Poetry Prize in 1998 and wrote many poems for the renowned Palestinian music band al-Asheqeen.
