Elias Sanbar

Elias Wadih Sanbar (Arabic: 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 brach of the General Union of Palestinian Students which was established by Mahmoud Hamshari in Paris.[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. He has translated the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish into French.[1]

Sanbar's book The Palestinians was the 2015 winner of the Palestine Book Awards.[6]

References
  1. "Writer Elias Sanbar and Spain's Biblioteca Islámica to receive 2015 UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture". en.unesco.org. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. Elias Sanbar, ambassadeur de Palestine auprès de l'Unesco, France 24, 8 November 2013.
  3. Palestine, UNESCO.
  4. Khadijeh Habashneh (2023). Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit. Translated by Samirah Alkassim; Nadine Fattaleh. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 37. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-18858-9. ISBN 978-3-031-18858-9. S2CID 259622256.
  5. "49 عاما على اغتيال محمود الهمشري". Palestinian Information Center (in Arabic). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. "Elias Sanbar - Palestine Book Awards". palestinebookawards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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