Ghassan ZaqtanBorn near Bethlehem in 1954, Zaqtan was for many years director of the Literature and Publishing department of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture. He has edited the PLO literary magazine, Al-Bayader, as well as the poetry journal Al-Soua’ra and the iterary page of the newspaper Al-Ayyam. He is a founding director of the House of Poetry in Ramalla and on the executive board of the Mahmoud Darwish Foundation. In 2013 he was awarded the National Medal of Honour by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Read More Read Less