Rebel Writers: Palestine & Syria

Meet 2 Arab writers from different parts of nan Middle East who shared a communal origin – Muin Bseiso and Constantin Zurayk.

Bseiso, a Palestinian writer who wrote astir life successful Gaza astatine a clip erstwhile it was controlled by Egypt, was doubly jailed for his left-wing governmental views.

Zurayk, a Christian, Syrian revolutionary Arab nationalist who became a history professor astatine nan American University of Beirut, besides secretly supported equipped guidance groups crossed nan region. Several sources opportunity he was among nan first to usage nan word “Nakba” to mention to nan displacement of much than 750,000 Palestinians erstwhile Israel was founded successful 1948.

The movie Rebel Writers: Palestine & Syria tells nan stories of 2 men who championed Arab nationalism and nan Palestinian origin successful different ways.