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موقع لإحياء ذكرى المناضل حنا ميخائيل::أبو عمر
Hanna Mikhail::Abu Omar

من نحن؟ وما هي أهدافنا؟

نحن مجموعة من محبي وأصدقاء أبو عمر، نعمل على التعريف بمسيرة نضال مثقف ثوري متميز وبالقيم السامية التي جسدها وضحى من أجلها، فهذا الإرث النضالي يجب أن يصبح جزءا حيويا من ذاكرتنا الشعبية، لأن الاستمرار في بلورة الذاكرة الجماعية ضروري للتعلم من تجارب الماضي ومقدمة ضرورية للوعي وللارتقاء بنضالنا التحرري.

ومن المؤسف أن تعقيدات ظروف اختفاء أبو عمر ورفاقه وانحسار دور الحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية المعاصرة وتغير المناخ السياسي وتفرق أو غياب العديد من الرفاق والأصدقاء جعل من الصعوبة الكلام عن مرحلة الثورة الفلسطينية المعاصرة واستذكار رموزها المشعة. ولكن الإيمان بأهمية معرفة تاريخنا المتمثل أساسا بالإنسان شحذ العزيمة فابتدأنا.

وإن كنا نعي أن مساهمات الرفاق والأصدقاء والعائلة المتوفرة ما هي إلا نزر بسيط مما يمكن أن يصف مسيرة وشخصية أبو عمر لكننا واثقون بأن هذه ستكون البداية، وسيتجاوب كل من عرف أبو عمر عن كثب ويخط بعضا من ذكرياته المميزة عن مناضلنا المثقف الثوري.

نأمل في المستقبل أن تتطور هذه المبادرة إلى جهد أوسع لتخليد ذكرى العديد من المثقفين الثوريين الذين اغنوا مسيرتنا النضالية وقدموا التضحيات على طريق التحرر والتقدم والسلام لفلسطين!

* تنويه: القسمان العربي والإنكليزي في الموقع ليسا متطابقين. بعض المواد فقط موجودة في القسمين.

Who are We? What are our Aims?

We are friends and admirers of Abu Omar; we aim to honor the memory of a distinguished intellectual and revolutionary, and to highlight the noble values he embodied. We believe that this rich heritage of our struggle should become a vital part of our collective memory, essential to promote our liberation struggle.

It is unfortunate that this site has been late in being set up. The complexities of the disappearance of Abu Omar and his comrades, the weakening of the modern Palestinian National Movement, the change of the political milieu and the dissipation and loss of many of the comrades and friends made it difficult to begin, but we did! Consequently, it was inevitable that in the start is limited to testimonies of few number of friends, comrades and family members, however, we hope that this will be the beginning. We are confident that everyone who knew Abu Omar well, will interact and respond by writing some of his/her distinctive memories of our intellectual revolutionary. We hope that in the future this initiative will be promoted to lead to wider efforts to honor many of the intellectuals who enriched our revolutionary march through their sacrifices on the road of liberation, progress and peace for Palestine!

N.B. The Arabic and English versions are not the same except for some of the material.

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Abd al-Fattah al-Qalqili

Abu Omar: “The unbending cadre in the difficult place” In the spring of 1969 I was a member of Fateh Movement in the secretariat of Jordan Fateh leadership. My friend, martyr Majed Abu Sharar who was working in the central media office with martyr…

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Bassam Abu Sharif

Dr Hanna Mikhail: A breeze of freedom that spreads I now see now Hanna Mikhail (Abu Omar) in front of me. He went like a breeze of freedom that doesn’t wither but wanders in the sky without tiring awaiting freedom to rule the earth. He was a calm…

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Naila Khalil's article in Al Ayyam

Finally, Hanna Mikhail back in Ramallah The Fateh activist who preferred the revolution to his Harvard University professorship… finally Hanna Mikhail in Ramallah. Naila Khalil wrote: (Al Ayyam Palestinian newspaper, Tuesday 18 May 2010) The…

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Nabil Shaath

He was Profound in his Thoughts, Feelings and Vision. I was happy to know about the launching of the memorial of the Palestinian intellectual revolutionary Hanna Mikhail, Abu Omar, the brother and dear friend whom I will never forget. Your love and…

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Two Portraits in Resistance

Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 41, no. 4 (Summer 2012) Two Portraits in Resistance: Abu 'Umar and Mahjub 'Umar "Two men whose deaths are separated by almost four decades: "Abu 'Umar" disappeared off the coast of Lebanon in 1976, and "Mahjub…

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On Reaching Forty

Two score years today I reached; Time to be pensive and to dream. Being far from my beloved, Thought of jotting down some thoughts – Though unpolished and still rugged – An expression of esteem. Looking back, I discover, Many a spring, And a summer…

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Feature in This is Ramallah

Hathihe Rammallah (This is Ramallah) is a magazine published by the American Federation of Ramallah. Hanna was featured prominently in the issue of May 2012, in both the Arabic and English sections of the magazine. The feature included a poem by…

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Noam Chomski

Very pleased to hear from you, and to learn about the webpage in Abu Omar’s memory. A difficult time, and a lot to do. Noam Chomsky (*) Noam Chomsky is American linguist, described as the "father of modern linguistics” He is a philosopher…

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