Ibrahim Tuqan
Ibrahim Abd al-Fattah Tuqan (1905 Arabic: إبراهيم طوقان– 2 May 1941) (also spelled Ibrahim Touqan and Ibrahim Toukan) was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose work rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British mandate. Tuqan was born in Nablus, Palestine. He was the brother of poet Fadwa Tuqan and he tutored and influenced her to write poetry. Ibrahim belonged to the prominent Tuqan family that governed Nablus during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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| Born | 1905 Nablus, Palestine |
| Died | 2 May 1941 (aged 35–36) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Occupation | Poet and college professor |
| Period | 1923–1941 |
| Genre | Nationalist |
| Children | Ja'afar Tuqan Ureib Tuqan Al-Bukhari |
| Relatives | Ahmad Toukan (brother) Fadwa Tuqan (sister) |
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