Elias Sanbar Explained

Elias Wadih Sanbar (ar|إلياس صنبر) (born 1947) is a Palestinian historian, poet, essayist, translator and diplomat.^[1] Since 2012, he has been the Palestinian ambassador to UNESCO.^{[2] [3]}

During the late 1960s, Sanbar was a member of the French branch of the General Union of Palestinian Students, which was established by Mahmoud Hamshari in Paris, France.^{[4] [5]} Through the union, Hamshari organized the visit of the Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard to Jordan and Lebanon, where he met with the Palestinian fighters in 1969.^[4] Sanbar accompanied Godard during the visit.^[4]

Sanbar co-founded Revue d'études palestiniennes [''The Journal of Palestine Studies''] in 1981, and was the journal's editor-in-chief for 25 years.^[6]

He has translated the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into French.

Sanbar's book The Palestinians was the 2015 winner of the Palestine Book Awards.^[7]

Select works

• Palestine 1948, l’expulsion (1984)
• Les Palestiniens dans le siècle (1994)
• Palestine, le pays à venir (1996)
• Le Lit de l’étrangère (2000) (translated from Mahmoud Darwish)
• Le bien des absents (2001)
• Palestiniens: la photographie d’une terre et de son peuple de 1839 à nos jours (2004)
• La Dernière Guerre? Palestine, 7 octobre 2023 – 2 avril 2024 (2024)^[8]

External links

• Jordan Skinner, The Indians of Palestine: An interview between Gilles Deleuze and Elias Sanbar, Verso Books, 8 August 2014

Notes and References

1. Web site: Writer Elias Sanbar and Spain’s Biblioteca Islámica to receive 2015 UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. en.unesco.org. 2016-11-15.
2. Armelle Charrier, "Elias Sanbar, ambassadeur de Palestine auprès de l'Unesco", France 24, 8 November 2013.
3. http://www.unesco.org/eri/cp/cp-nav.asp?country=PS&language=E Palestine
4. Book: Khadijeh Habashneh. Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit. 2023. Palgrave Macmillan. Cham. 978-3-031-18858-9. 37. Samirah Alkassim. Nadine Fattaleh. 10.1007/978-3-031-18858-9. 259622256.
5. News: 49 عاما على اغتيال محمود الهمشري. 16 October 2023. ar. Palestinian Information Center. 10 January 2022.
6. Web site: Academic Figures Elias Sanbar. all4palestine.com. 27 November 2024.
7. Web site: Elias Sanbar - Palestine Book Awards. palestinebookawards.com. 2016-11-15.
8. News: Elias Sanbar, Palestinian historian: 'Netanyahu and his settler government want to bury the chance for peace'. Le Monde. Benjamin Barthe. 19 May 2024. 27 November 2024.