Hasan Karmi

Hasan Sa'id Karmi (; 1905 – May 5, 2007) was a Palestinian linguist and broadcaster for the BBC Arabic Service.

Biography Hasan Karmi was born in Tulkarm (then in the Ottoman Empire). He was the creator, writer, and presenter of a weekly literary program called Qawlun ala Qawl (Saying on a Saying) devoted to Arabic poetry and proverbs. For years he also wrote a column in Huna London (London Calling), which the embassy in Saudi Arabia used to distribute on behalf of the BBC Arabic Service. In 1969 Karmi was awarded an MBE for services to the BBC.

Karmi was married to a Syrian woman, Amina, had one son, Ziyad, and two daughters, Siham and Ghada Karmi. He returned to the Middle East, to Jordan, in 1989 and spent his remaining years working on eleven dictionaries, one Arabic-English, the rest English-Arabic.

Death He died on 5 May 2007 in Amman, Jordan.

Articles

Karmi, Ghada: In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story Verso 2002 Marwan Asmar; Remembering Hassan Al Karmi, the Intellectual I knew, Hackwriters.com