Fawwaz Tuqan

Fawwaz Ahmad Tuqan (Arabic: فواز أحمد طوقان; born September 6, 1940) is a Joardanian-Palestinian poet, novelist and professor.

His father is Ahmad Abdul Fattah Tuqan, a former Prime Minister of Jordan.

In 2004 he was appointed a professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

At a young age he lived briefly in Jerusalem, Tulkarm and Nablus, then the family moved to Amman, Jordan.

The Merchant and the Bird (التاجر والعصفور): Novella for children, could be read by grownups, Amman, Shqair and 'Akasheh, 1985.