Emile Habibi was a Palestinian writer and a communist politician who became one of the most popular authors in the Middle East through his insightful literary works. His works mostly depicted the conflicts in loyalties experienced by Palestinians living as an Arab minority in the Jewish state of Israel. Born in Palestine, he became a communist in the early 1940s when he had not even completed his graduation and later helped in founding the Communist Party of Israel. He served as a member of the parliament and served as the editor of the party’s newspaper for over three decades. Emile Habibi began writing fiction in the 1970s and created plays and short stories in addition to his novels. He was committed to nonviolence and peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews. He was one of the major forces in the development of the Arabic novel and provided it with some of its most interesting experimental works. His writings are credited with provoking serious debate among Palestinians within Israel and generating interest and controversy in the Arab world. With the debates raised through his political views, he succeeded in putting the Palestinian question firmly on the literary agenda. Throughout his career he kindled controversies, and the heated discussions generated through his work are testimony to his lasting importance as a prominent literary figure and a symbol of Palestinian identity