Tawfiq Zayyad was both a poet and a prominent Palestinian politician, serving as the mayor of Nazareth as well as a member of the Israeli Knesset. To this day, his 1966 poem “I Call on You” is a Palestinian national anthem of sorts, part of the “literature of resistance,” as Ghassan Kanafani dubbed it. It was not Zayyad’s official positions that made the most significant impact in the Palestinian struggle...
Tawfiq Zayyad was both a poet and a prominent Palestinian politician, serving as the mayor of Nazareth as well as a member of the Israeli Knesset. To this day, his 1966 poem “I Call on You” is a Palestinian national anthem of sorts, part of the “literature of resistance,” as...
Tawfiq Zayyad was both a poet and a prominent Palestinian politician, serving as the mayor of Nazareth as well as a member of the Israeli Knesset. To this day, his 1966 poem “I Call on You” is a Palestinian national...
