Saqr Abu Fakhr

Saqr Abu Fakhr is a Palestinian writer living in Lebanon. He is a researcher and author specialized in Arab Affairs, with special focus on Palestinian affairs.
Abu Fakhr began writing in 1973 and his works have been published in newspapers and journals such as As-Safir, Arab Studies, and Shu'un Filastiniyya. He is a researcher and editor at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies office in Beirut.

Career

Abu Fakhr 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/assistant managing editor for a number of journals and research institutes, namely the PLO Planning Center and the Institute for Palestine Studies. He was also the editor for Majallat Al-Dirasat Al-Filastiniyya, the Arabic-language journal of the Institute for Palestine Studies.

Writing

Abu Fakhr has written extensively about Palestinian history, culture, and the situation of refugees in Lebanon. His writings have been translated into various languages and other advocacy societies. Abu Fakhr also became the editor of a collection of unpublished short stories by the Palestinian writer Samira Azzam upon discovering them and making them available to the public.
Abu Fakhr is the author of the article "Seven Prejudices about the Jews" published in Al-Hayat ; it examined and refuted seven common subjects of Arab myths about Israel and the Jews:

That Judaism is not a monotheistic religion.
That the blood libel such as in the book The Matzoh of Zion are true.
That the Israeli flag represents the goal of the borders of Israel to be from the Nile to the Euphrates
That the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is true.
The Zionist Occupation Government conspiracy theory and that Jews wield hidden power
That there is a unique Jewish ingenuity.
That there is an all-powerful Zionist "Jewish lobby" in the United States.