John Asfour
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John Asfour (Arabic: جون عصفور) (born in Aitaneat, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Canadian blind poet, writer, and teacher. In 1958, when he was 14 years old, a grenade exploded in his face injuring his eyes during the Lebanon crisis, which caused him to be blind.
One of the most famous poems he wrote is "One Fish from the Rooftop". He is also the author of "An Anthology of Modern Arabic Poetry". In 1996, he received the Joseph Stauffer Prize.
He resides in Montreal, Quebec, and he is currently the president of the Canadian-Arab Federation.
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