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Siham Hasan Saeed Ali Mansour
Al-Karmi (May 1, 1931) is a Palestinian broadcaster, media personality, writer
and scientist from the city of Tulkarm. She is one of the most prominent
broadcasters of BBC Radio, which broadcasts to the world from London. She
presented many scientific programs on the radio during the eighties. The most
famous of them is her program “The Genius of Arab Civilization”, which is one
of the most prominent cultural and scientific programs of the BBC, in addition
to her scientific program “For every disease there is a cure”, and she is the
eldest daughter of the linguist Hassan Al-Karmi, and the sister of the writer
Ghada Al-Karmi.
her biography
Siham Hassan Saeed Ali Mansour
Al-Karmi, who is from the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, was born on May 1, 1931
in the city of Ramleh, when her father, Hassan Al-Karmi, was working at that
time as a teacher there in schools.
Siham Al-Karmi received her primary,
preparatory, and secondary education in the schools of Palestine, and obtained
the Palestinian general secondary certificate, which was known at the time as
“Metriculation.” In 1948, she moved with her family to the British capital,
London, and enrolled there at the University of London, from which she obtained
a bachelor's degree in chemistry.
Siham Al-Karmi was greatly
influenced and admired by the school educational system in Palestine, as she
says: “The educational system in Palestine, in my opinion and according to my
actual experience, was the best educational system in the Arab world. This
system produced the finest primary and secondary schools, such as Al-Rashidiyah
and the Arab College for Boys, Al-Ma’mouniyya and the Teachers’ House for Girls
in Jerusalem, and Al-Fadhiliya and Al-Adawiya in Tulkarm.
Al-Karmi is a member of several
associations and unions. She was also a representative of the Palestinian
Coalition for the Right of Return in London.
its seminars
Siham Al-Karmi participated in
several official cultural seminars, including:
A memorial ceremony for the writer
Hassan Al-Karmi, at the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, on June 17, 2007,
with the participation of the head of the literary complex, Abdul Karim
Khalifa.
A scientific symposium on
"Global Warming", held by the Jordanian Writers and Writers Union, on
July 25, 2011.
A cultural evening at the Jordanian
National Library, on February 13, 2017, with the participation of former
Jordanian Minister Muhammad Abu Hammour.
And many other seminars.
her personal life
Siham Al-Karmi, who is from the
“Karmi” family, known in the city of Tulkarm. Her father is the linguist Hassan
Al-Karmi, and her sister is the writer Ghada Al-Karmi. Her uncles are: the poet
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma), the writer Mahmoud al-Karmi, the politician
Abd al-Ghani al-Karmi, and the writer Ahmed Shaker al-Karmi. And her
grandfather is the scholar Saeed Al-Karmi. And her grandfather's father is
Sheikh Ali bin Mansour Al-Karmi, the jurist. And her cousin is the scientist
Zuhair Al-Karmi.
Siham Hasan Saeed Ali Mansour
Al-Karmi (May 1, 1931) is a Palestinian broadcaster, media personality, writer
and scientist from the city of Tulkarm. She is one of the most prominent
broadcasters of BBC Radio, which broadcasts to the world from London. She
presented many scientific programs on the radio during the eighties. The most
famous of them is her program “The Genius of Arab Civilization”, which is one
of the most prominent cultural and scientific programs of the BBC, in addition
to her scientific program “For every disease there is a cure”, and she is the
eldest daughter of the linguist Hassan Al-Karmi, and the sister of the writer
Ghada Al-Karmi.
her biography
Siham Hassan Saeed Ali Mansour
Al-Karmi, who is from the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, was born on May 1, 1931
in the city of Ramleh, when her father, Hassan Al-Karmi, was working at that
time as a teacher there in schools.
Siham Al-Karmi received her primary,
preparatory, and secondary education in the schools of Palestine, and obtained
the Palestinian general secondary certificate, which was known at the time as
“Metriculation.” In 1948, she moved with her family to the British capital,
London, and enrolled there at the University of London, from which she obtained
a bachelor's degree in chemistry.
Siham Al-Karmi was greatly
influenced and admired by the school educational system in Palestine, as she
says: “The educational system in Palestine, in my opinion and according to my
actual experience, was the best educational system in the Arab world. This
system produced the finest primary and secondary schools, such as Al-Rashidiyah
and the Arab College for Boys, Al-Ma’mouniyya and the Teachers’ House for Girls
in Jerusalem, and Al-Fadhiliya and Al-Adawiya in Tulkarm.
Al-Karmi is a member of several
associations and unions. She was also a representative of the Palestinian
Coalition for the Right of Return in London.
its seminars
Siham Al-Karmi participated in
several official cultural seminars, including:
A memorial ceremony for the writer
Hassan Al-Karmi, at the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, on June 17, 2007,
with the participation of the head of the literary complex, Abdul Karim
Khalifa.
A scientific symposium on
"Global Warming", held by the Jordanian Writers and Writers Union, on
July 25, 2011.
A cultural evening at the Jordanian
National Library, on February 13, 2017, with the participation of former
Jordanian Minister Muhammad Abu Hammour.
And many other seminars.
her personal life
Siham Al-Karmi, who is from the
“Karmi” family, known in the city of Tulkarm. Her father is the linguist Hassan
Al-Karmi, and her sister is the writer Ghada Al-Karmi. Her uncles are: the poet
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi (Abu Salma), the writer Mahmoud al-Karmi, the politician
Abd al-Ghani al-Karmi, and the writer Ahmed Shaker al-Karmi. And her
grandfather is the scholar Saeed Al-Karmi. And her grandfather's father is
Sheikh Ali bin Mansour Al-Karmi, the jurist. And her cousin is the scientist
Zuhair Al-Karmi.
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