Draft:Abdul Rahim Mahmoud

Abdul Rahim Mahmoud

Abdul Rahim Mahmoud (born 1913 – martyred 13 July 1948) was a Palestinian revolutionary and poet born in Anabta. He wrote political poems, the most famous of which is “The Martyr.” He participated in the 1936-1939 revolution and the 1948 war, and was martyred near the village of Al-Shajara in northern Palestine

About him

Abdul Rahim Mahmoud was born in the village of Anabta in the Tulkarm district of Palestine in 1913. His father, Sheikh Mahmoud Al-Anabtawi, was known as one of the influential and witty poets among the sheikhs. He studied elementary school until the fifth grade in his town, then moved to Al-Fadhiliya School in Tulkarm and received his secondary education from 1928-1932 at Al-Najah National School in Nablus (currently An-Najah University). There, he met the poet Ibrahim Tuqan, who was among his teachers, and their relationship became strong as colleagues and friends.

Abdul Rahim worked as an Arabic literature teacher at Al-Najah National School. When the Great Revolt broke out in Palestine in 1936, he resigned from his job and joined the ranks of the fighters in Jabal al-Nar. The British Mandate government pursued him after the revolution stopped, so he immigrated to Iraq, where he spent three years. During this time, he entered the Iraqi Military College and graduated as a lieutenant during the days of King Ghazi bin Faisal bin Hussein. He also worked as an Arabic language teacher in Baghdad and as a principal of an elementary school in Basra. He participated with the Arab mujahideen in Rashid Ali al-Kilani’s revolution in Iraq.