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Kanafani was born on April 8, 1936 in Acre, Palestine. He lived with his family in Jaffa until they were forced to leave during the Nakba ("catastrophe") of 1948 and finally settled in Damascus. After living in a refugee camp, he later began working as a teacher in a refugee camp for the UNRWA to help support his family and continue his studies. His experience in the refugee camps is reflected in much of his works.

While studying Arabic literature at the University of Damascus he became interested in politics and met the then leader of the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM) George Habash, with whom he began to work. After teaching several years in Kuwait, where he was diagnosed with acute diabetes, Kanafani moved to Beirut to work on al-Hurriyya ("Independence") magazine at the invitation of Habash.

In 1961 he married Danish professor Anni Hoover, who had come to Beirut to study the refugee situation and in 1962 he published his first major book, Men in the Sun *, immediately acclaimed throughout the Arab world. Both as a journalist and as a writer, Kanafani was very prolific in the 1960s when Palestinian resistance and armed struggle increased (the PLO was founded in 1965).

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was founded in 1967 to replace the Movement of Arab Nationalists and Kanafani became director of al-Hadaf, the party's organ. With a clear Marxist orientation, the PFLP pledged to resist the occupation of Palestine and establish in Palestine a single state with a new secular society based on social justice. The period between 1970 and 1972 was rich in political and armed activity, and at that time Kanafani was a member of the PFLP politburo in addition to being its spokesperson.

The PFLP considered the fight against the Israeli occupation to be anti-colonial resistance. After the defeats of 1948 and, especially, 1967, the struggle in the cultural sphere was fundamental to recover a daily Palestinian national identity that was in danger due to dispersion and ethnic and cultural cleansing. It was the first step to recover his country.

He was assassinated along with his 17-year-old niece Lamees on July 8, 1972 in Beirut by a car bomb planned by Mossad and very possibly with the collusion of the Lebanese authorities.

-- PFLP Ghassan Kanafani, Richard Carleton interview COMPLETE

-- The Dupes, 1973 Syrian Film based on the book by Kanafani "Men in the Sun"

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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Been getting real introspective, less phone time less gaming more thunking πŸ€” I may be depressed either way unplugging for a couple of hours or so and having to look in doesn't feel like I'm wasting time anymore.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] homhom9000@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Did George Washington always wear a powdered wig, like day to day, or do we just assume so cause he did in the portrait? Or did we all know he took it off and I'm just figuring it out?

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[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

One thing about time travelling that I always get stuck on is say I went back in time 1 week ago and bought the winning lottery ticket would those numbers still remain the winning numbers? Hypothetically right?

I guess if they did that means the time line is fixed and I had always travelled back in time, if they change it means my new presence in the past means I disrupted enough minor things that the timing on drawing the numbers was slightly off. Something that is "random" like that is more variable to change, compared to like an election or a sporting game.

Edit: I guess though my proximity to the lottery and how much time passes also needs to be taken into account, like a lottery in the USA isn't necessay going to change in an hour due to my sudden new apperance but one in 2 months probably will.

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[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Been putting the little savings I have into bitcoin now that its dipping, got nothing lose shiet

[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

#staywoke for #fakewoke

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yo! Hey, what's happening, dude?

I'm the guy with the rep for being rude.

Terrorizing people wherever I go,

It's not intentional, just keepin' the flow.

Fixin' test scores to get the best scores.

Droppin' banana peels all over the floor.

I'm the kid that made delinquency an art,

Last name Simpson, first name Bart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-W6punNMjU

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[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

I'm writing a fanfic and had to look up ranks and...

Uh, I thought the US military paid more. What the hell?

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

From what I know, the military is more about the benefits than the pay--free healthcare (for you and your family while active duty), free college/vocational tuition, BAH (free/subsidized housing), pensions, and probably more stuff I'm not thinking about. So that salary goes a lot further than it would for a civilian. Of course, that's the pitch, so I don't know how it works in practice, and I'm also going off of family members who served a long time ago and were officers.

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[–] PeeNutButtHer@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

ventI’m at the point where when I see happy people out in public enjoying their lives that I just want to gouge my eyes out. Accidentally took a wrong turn when driving yesterday and drove right by the local university and seeing all the college people made me want to veer off full speed into a brick wall. All I have in me is jealousy anymore

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[–] RION@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

Incredible moves from US Bank on the Smartly card, now it's basically a paperweight for anyone who doesn't keep $100k in a checking account. Glad I never tried for it even if I'd get grandfathered in to the old terms, just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Right now I just have their Cash+ card which is honestly kind shit except for the 5% utility cash back category, and even that is matched by a debit card (Future Debit)

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Okay if tummy hurt is so good why isn't there a tummy hurt 2

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