Moaen Shalabia
Moaen Shalabia (born October 14, 1958 in Maghar, Israel) is a poet, writer and he is one of the Arab Palestinian national Minority in Israel.
Biography
Moaen Shalabia finished his studies in 1989 at Haifa University in Business Administration and Management. Poet and prose writer, his writing career began in 1978, he published his poems in national local newspapers and in Arabic papers abroad.
Festivals and Meeting
He participated in many local and international festivals such as Nissan International Poetry Festival (Maghar, Israel), Cairo International Book Fair (Egypt), Jarash Festival (Jordan), Palestine Poetry Meeting (Palestine), Doha Cultural Festival (Qatar), Istanbul International Book Fair (Turkey), The Romania International Festival Curtea de Arges Poetry Nights, Teranova Festival (Rome), Alquds 2009 Capital of Arab Culture, Struga Poetry Evenings (Macedonia).
Now Moaen Shalabia is Deputy Tecnical Director of Nisan International Poetry Festival, founded by Naim Araidi.
Awards
Moaen Shalabia was awarded by the Palestinian Education Ministry for his blessed efforts in enriching the national education and for his loyalty to the Palestinian issue and the principles of justice and freedom, (July, 2000), by Nissan association for art and education, (April, 2008), by the "Arab intellectuals forum", (Jerusalem, 2008), besides, he has received many appreciation certificates. Moaen Shalabia is a member of the union of Arab Writers and the Movement of World Poets (Poetas del mundo).
Publications
Some of his poems were translated into many languages like Hebrew, French, Turkish, English, Romanian, Polish, Macedonian and Italian.
Poetry
- The wave is return, Al-Aswar, Palestinian Culture Quarterly (ACRE), 1989;
- Between two butterflies, The Arab Modern Foundation (Jerusalem), 1999;
- The memory of senses, The Arab Modern Foundation (Jerusalem), 2001;
- Rituals of Solitude, Al-Aswar, Palestinian Culture Quarterly (ACRE), 2004.
- The immigration of the [...] longings, Al-Aswar, Palestinian Culture Quarterly (ACRE), 2008;
Prose
- Meditations, Renaissance Publishing and Distribution (Nazareth), 1992;
- Narrow evening, Abu Rahmoun, printing and publishing (Acre), 1995;
- Spirituality, Batov for publication (Haifa), 1998.