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Nablus-June 15-2003 WAFA
A delegate of Nablus personalities and intellectuals visited today
the Palestinian poet
 Fadwa
Hafez Toukan, “Zaitounat Philisteen” [the olive tree of Palestine],
who is recuperating at Nablus Specialized Hospital.
The visiting delegation comprised the office of the Ministry of
Culture-- whose minister Ziad Abu Amr, had initiated this overture--
and workers of the cultural societies and centers, as well as
artists, painters, poets and the workers of WAFA office in Nablus.
The delegate presented flowers to the poet who is considered one of
the most prominent pillars of culture and literature in Palestine,
wishing her a speedy recovery. She was delighted with the visit,
reiterating two lines of Imam al-Shafei’s poetry:
God, don’t let me live so long that I would be dependent on somebody
else
Let me rest before saying to anyone: hold my hand and help me to
stand up
Fadwa Toukan, the sister of the late Ibrahim Toukan, the poet of
Palestine. She was born in Nablus on 1917, and awarded many
international and Palestinian awards.
She authored many poetical works, including: Alone with the Days;
Give me Love, A Mountainous Journey, The Night and the Knights, On
the Zenith of the World Lonely, In Front of the Closed Door, as well
as Eureka.
She has a poem titled “ A Fortune-Teller Said To Me,” of 70 lines of
free verse, narrating the tragedy of the Palestinian Fedayeen in
Jordan. This poem is an epic in the modern Arab poetry:
The age-old Fortune-Teller said to me …Beware of your seven brothers
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