Throughout his lifetime, Kanafani has worked for many newspapers including al-Muharrir, al-Anwar, and al-Hadaf, the movement’s magazine. In 1960, Kanafani left Kuwait for Beirut where he worked for the magazine al-Hurriyya. Three years later he moved to Kuwait where his sister was living to work as a gym and art teacher. At night, he studied and obtained an intermediate school certificate in 1953, which led him to work as an art teacher in UNRWA schools in Damascus. Growing up, he worked at a printing press, and distributed newspapers. Kanafani was only twelve when his family was displaced. In 1948 his family was displaced by Zionist forces and fled to Damascus, Syria. Kanafani was born in April 1936 in Acre, which is located in northern Palestine. Ghassan Kanafani was the spokesperson for the Popular Front For The Liberation of Palestine. By: Anthony Bayyouk / Arab America Contributing Writer
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