Daud Turki
Daud Turki (Template:Lang-ar, 1927 - March 8, 2009) was a Palestinian-Arab poet, and former political prisoner in Israel, living in Haifa, Israel. He was the leader of the Jewish-Arab left-wing group called the Red Front, which was an anti-Zionist group.
Daud Samaan Turki was born in 1927 to a Palestinian Christian family. He was an Arab Nationalist and a Marxist[1]. He was arrested in December 1972 and sentenced to 17 years in prison in March 1973. He was released on May 20, 1985 as part of the "Galilee" prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command[2]. After his release, he published a collection of poems he wrote while behind bars called "the Wind of Struggle" (ريح الجهاد) as well as his memoirs "Rebel from the Arab East" (ثائر من الشرق العربي)[3]. Turki died at the age of 82 on March 8, 2009.
See Also
Sources
- "The Red Front Trial". Journal of Palestine Studies. 2: pp. 128-129. (Summer, 1973).
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