Samar Kassem

Samar Qasim, born in 1984.

She was born in Kawkab Abu al-Hija, a village in the Galilee, in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948. Its residents are called by several names, the most common being ‘Arabs of 1948.’

She was born into a family of six, with a mother, a father, and four children.

She was born to a father who was a distinguished poet and writer, from whom she derived her ability and talent for writing.

She completed her BA in Sociology at the University of Haifa in 2007 and worked in social work. However, she had always been writing from an early age and read extensively.

The situations and circumstances she encountered in her work helped her write several purposeful works and short stories to convey important ideas.