Saqr Abu Fakhr

Who is Saqr Abu Fakhr?

Saqr Abu Fakhr is an Arab writer living in Lebanon who is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He is a researcher and author specialized in Arab Affairs, with special focus on Palestinian Affairs. He first started writing in 1973, and his writings were published in As-Safir newspaper, the journal of Arab Studies and the journal of Palestinian Affairs. Saqr has held a variety of editorial and research positions; he was appointed as the Editorial Secretary for the “Palestine Supplement” in Assafir, a leading Arabic daily newspaper. Since 1981, he was the editor or the assistant managing editor for a number of journals and research institutes, namely the PLO Planning Center and the Institute for Palestine Studies. He has written extensively about Palestinian history, culture, and the situation of refugees in Lebanon. His writings have been translated to various languages. He is a member of a number of professional associations and other advocacy societies. Additionally, after discovering a collection of unknown short stories by the Palestinian writer Samira Azzam, he edited and published them. Abu Fakher obtained his BA in Economics in 1976.