The Barghouti family has a remarkable legacy of literature, politics, and public engagement, which is rare to find in a single family in the Arab world. During a poetry competition, a literary critic once told Tanim, “You have proven that poetry genes can be inherited through DNA.” The couple’s only son, Tamim, is a known poet and a professor of political philosophy. Ashour was a well-known Egyptian novelist who left behind a great legacy of novels and literary works. While studying at Cairo University, Barghouti met Radwa Ashour (d. As he sat his final exams in his senior year, Israel occupied the West Bank, depriving him of his right to return to his village for the next 30 years. In 1963, Barghouti left Palestine to pursue his undergraduate studies at the University of Cairo in Egypt.
Born to a Palestinian family in the West Bank, Barghouti grew up surrounded by his extended family which lives in Deir Ghassana and the nearby villages. Mourid Barghouti, 77, passed away on Februin the Jordanian capital Amman, after a life-long commitment to literature, politics, and public affairs in the Arab world.
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