Tribute to Ghassan Kanafani - A word, a gun & The Survivor

2022-05-28T15:30:00Z

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Born April 9, 1936 in Acre, Palestine, and died July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon, Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian writer and politician. On the literary level, he is known for his prolific work relating to the Palestinian cause, the most emblematic of which is: "Return to Haifa". Politically, he is known to be an important member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). On July 8, 1972, he was assassinated along with his 17-year-old niece Lamis by the Israeli intelligence service Mossad1. ➢ A Word, a Gun, de Kassem Hawal (Palestine I 1973 I 15 min I Documentary) ➢ The Survivor by Seifollah Dad (Syria, Iran - 120 min - Fiction) The second adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's short story, Return to Haifa. The Survivor centers on a Palestinian couple returning to their hometown in search of their son, whom they were forced to abandon when they fled the 1948 Zionist aggression.