Felestin al-Mujahidat [Palestinian Revolutionary Poems].

banned poetry during the arab revolt

Nuh Ibrahim (1913-28 October 1938) was a Palestinian folk poet, a singer, a composer, sometimes referred to as 'the popular poet of the 1936 revolution' and 'student of Qassam'. He was born in Haifa in British Mandate Palestine and had an active role in the 1936-39 Arab Revolt. In February 1937, the British Mandate government placed Nuh Ibrahim in prison. His prominence as a revolutionary figure led to the report of his death being published in the Al-Shabab newspaper in Cairo reading: 'Al-Quds, October 28, 1938, the Arab poet Nuh Ibrahim, one of the most prominent leaders of the revolution, was killed during the attack carried out by British forces on the outskirts of Haifa'.

Nuh issued his poems in the form of a booklet. The introduction reads: 'The collection of poems of Mujahid Palestine - composed by Nuh Ibrahim, the Palestinian folk poet and the student of the Qassam - Haifa - Palestine - contains poems, national and enthusiastic folk poems and records'. Under the rule of British Mandate in Palestine, it's publication was prohibited on Palestinian soil. The work was therefore printed in Damascus and it became a banned book, with it's import into Palestine prohibited.

Single volume, small 8vo (198 x 138 mm), printed in Arabic, a small stain to first two leaves, even age-toning elsewhere; original printed pictorial wrappers, stain to upper cover, ink inscription 'J. R. Walsh' along top edge of upper wrapper, a very good copy.