He later worked in two jobs as a professor at the American University in Beirut and a sub-director of the Arabic Programme Section of the Jerusalem-based Palestine Broadcasting Service.

[4] Tuqān suffered from stomach problems throughout his life and in 1941 he died at the age of 36 from a peptic ulcer in the French Hospital in Jerusalem.

He was greatly influenced by his grandfather who wrote zajal, as well as his mother, who was fond of "heroic" Arabic literature.

"[2] Here is an excerpt from one of his notable poems, Mawtini, which he wrote during the Arab revolt:[3] The sword and the pen Not talking nor quarrelling Are our symbols Our glory and covenant And a duty to fulfil it Shake us Our honour Is an honourable cause A raised flag O, your beauty In your eminence Victorious over your enemies My homeland

My homelandThe poem served as the de facto national anthem of Palestine until the country adopted an official one in 1996.