Basem Khandakji
Born1983
Palestine
EducationJournalism
Alma materAn-Najah National University
Occupation(s)writer, novelist

Basem Khandakji (Arabic: باسم خندقجي), a Palestinian writer, journalist, and prisoner, was born in 1983. He studied at An-Najah National University in the Department of Journalism and Information. He was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces on November 2, 2004, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has published several novels, poems, and studies while he is inside Israeli prison, and his novel "The Eclipse of Baderddine" was published in 2018.

Personal life

Basem Muhammad Salih Adeeb Khandakji was born on December 22, 1983. He studied in Nablus Governorate Schools. Later, he joined An-Najah National University to study in the Department of Journalism and Media. He witnessed the First Intifada which affected his political orientations; therefore, he joined the ranks of the former Communist Palestinian People's Party when he was 15 years old at the time. Khandakji was arrested on November 2, 2004, by Israeli forces, after the Carmel Market bombing, in which three Israeli civilians were killed and more than 50 were wounded. Khandakji was sentenced on June 7, 2005, to three life sentence and in the testimony of the International Red Cross, he was sentenced to life. In addition to being accused of participating in the operation, the Israeli authorities demanded that he compensate the families of those who were killed in the operation with an amount of $11.6 million. He spent 15 years in the prison and currently is in the "Hydrim" prison.[1][2]

Career

Khandakji began his journey of writing inside the prison and he published several books, novels, and poetry collections. His first book titled "Drafts of the Homeland Lover" which consist of 10 articles that talk about the Palestinian concerns. He also published "Thus Humanity is Dying" which is about the experience of the Palestinian concerns. Khandakji also published a poetry collection entitle (A know on the Walls of the Place). His novel "The Eclipse Baderddine" was published in December 2018 which is a historical novel that talks about the Sufi hero Badreddine on his rebellion journey, making him a scholar and a pole of Sufism in his time.[3][4][2][5]

Works

  • Tuqus Al Mara Al Ula, 2009
  • Anfas Qasia Lailya, 2013
  • Narjas Al 'Azlaa, 2014
  • Khosuf Baderddine, 2018

References

  1. ↑ "الاسير الصحافي باسم خندقجي". Abjjab. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bassem Khondakji defies the restrictions of the occupation by narrating the Beirut exhibition". Telle Report. December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ "باسم خندقجي ... الأسير الشاعر". Al Resalah. April 23, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ عبادي, حسن (November 12, 2020). "أدب الحركة الأسيرة، باسم خندقجي نموذجًا". Diwan Al Arab. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ "ArabLit's List: Best Reads of 2019". Arab Lit. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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