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Faraj Abdul-Hasib Al-Maliki
was born in the village of Kafr Malik, where he grew up as an orphan. He worked as an Arabic language teacher in Palestinian Ministry of Education schools.
He studied at Birzeit University and was influenced by leftist thought before converting to Islamic thought in the mid-1980s. He contributed to establishing da'wah (Islamic outreach) work in his village of Kafr Malik in the Ramallah district and was active in giving lessons, sermons, and lectures in the mosques of Ramallah and Al-Bireh.
Faraj was imprisoned several times in Israeli occupation prisons.
He earned a master's degree from An-Najah National University with a thesis on the threshold of the novel in Palestinian literature.
He was a pillar of the Beit Al-Maqdis Center for Literature in Ramallah and a member of its administrative board, and one of its active pioneers who supported the development of youth literature.
He was dedicated to documenting the life of his village and its surroundings and daily life in a series of lessons and documentary programs, in addition to his Facebook page.
He has an unpublished novel entitled "Al-Mirya'a Raises the White Flag," which revolves around Jordanian rule over the West Bank. Faraj Abdul-Hasib was known for the strength of his expression and the solidity of his style. He documented his final days in the hospital on his Facebook page until his illness worsened and he passed away. He was buried in the Shmail cemetery. Hundreds of his students and colleagues mourned him on their pages in one of the largest outpourings of grief on social media.
Palestinian novelist and historian Faraj Abdel-Hasib al-Maliki, known as Abu Ghaith, died on December 8, 2020, after contracting COVID-19.
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