Abu Shawish was born in the
Nuseirat refugee camp on 22 March 1987. His family are refugees from
Barqa, Gaza, which was occupied and depopulated on 13 May 1948 during
Operation Barak, a
Yishuv offensive in southern
Palestine just prior to the outbreak of the
1948 Arab–Israeli War. He received a bachelor's degree in
journalism from
Al-Azhar University, Gaza. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Youth Cultural Network. He also wrote a number of patriotic and humanitarian songs, which spread widely during the
Gaza War (2008–2009). He published a number of collections of poetry, and a novel, titled
Alā qayd al-mawt (), which was published by Bayt al-Yasmin in 2016. His novel was critically received in Palestine. The book was republished by Al Manhal in 2018. On 7 October 2023, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike which hit his home in
Nuseirat Camp during the
Gaza war. == Works ==