Fadwa Tuqan

Fadwa Tuqan (Arabic: فدوى طوقان, also transliterated in Spanish: Fadwa Tuqan, French: Fadwa Touquan and Fadwa Tuqan; 1917 – 12 December 2003) was a Palestinian poet known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry. She has sometimes been referred to as the "Poet of Palestine".

Fadwa Tuqan
Born1917 (1917)
Nablus, Mandatory Palestine
Died12 December 2003(2003-12-12) (aged 85–86)
Nablus, Palestine
OccupationPoet
RelativesAhmad Toukan (brother)
Ibrahim Tuqan (brother)
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