Rashid Hussein

Rashid Hussein
Rashid Hussein, March 1958
Born	1936 Musmus, British Mandate of Palestine
Died	2 February 1977(1977-02-02) (aged 41) New York City, United States
Resting place	Musmus, Palestine
Occupation	Poet, translator and orator
Nationality	Palestinian
Period	1957–1977
Genre	Arabic poetry

Rashid Hussein Mahmoud (Arabic: راشد حسين, Hebrew: ראשד חוסיין; 1936 – 2 February 1977) was a Palestinian poet, orator, journalist and Arabic-Hebrew translator. He was born in Musmus, Mandatory Palestine. He published his first collection in 1957. He was the first prominent poet to appear on the Israeli Arab stage. Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish called him "the star", who wrote about "human things" like bread, hunger and anger.^[1]