Sam墨魔 al-Q膩sim (Arabic: 爻賲賷丨 丕賱賯丕爻賲 鈥庘€�; Hebrew: 住诪讬讞 讗诇 拽讗住诐鈥庘€�; 1939 - August 19, 2014) was an Arabic-language poet whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. Son of a Palestinian Druze family, he was born in Transjordan and lived in Israel throughout his childhood and adult life. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: before and after the Six-Day War - until 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; in 1967 he joined the Israeli Communist political party, Rakah, and later activated in the closely related Front for Democracy and Equality "Hadash".
Al-Qasim has published several volumes and collections of poetry.