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- Country of residence: Jordan
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Ghassan Al-Hassan is a Jordanian writer
and poet of Palestinian origin, born in 1944 AD. He taught Arabic in secondary
schools in Jordan, Libya and the Emirates from 1966 to 1977, and held the
position of Head of the Authoring and Publishing Department and Deputy Director
of the Cultural Department in the “Ministry of Information and Culture in Abu
Dhabi” from 1977 to 2005, and he worked as a literary supervisor in “Al-Saqqar
Magazine”, and he is the founder and president of the “Arab Cultural Forum” in
the “Jordanian Society” between 1988 and 1991, and he is a member of the jury
for the “Million’s Poet Competition”, and a researcher in Emirati folklore, and
a popular literature advisor at the Poetry Academy In the "Abu Dhabi
Authority for Heritage and Culture" since 2006, which includes the Academy
of Poetry, which runs the Million's Poet and the Prince of Poets program on the
Abu Dhabi satellite channel.
He was a member of the “Advisory
Board of the Art and Popular Heritage Magazine” and the “Cultural Landmarks
Magazine”. He worked as an article writer for “Durrat Al Emarat Magazine”,
“Sports and Youth Magazine” between 1992 and 1999, and “Al Sada” magazine
between 1999. And 2003, and a member of the “Editorial Board of the
Encyclopedia of Palestinian Folklore” and the “Advisory Board to Develop the
National Strategy for the Advancement of Women.”
Among his books: “The Scientific
Encyclopedia of Nabati Poetry,” consisting of thirteen parts, “Poetry and
Sniping,” “Nabati Poetry in Sheikh Zayed’s Parade,” “Emirati Al-Taghrooda: A
Scientific Study of the Art of Al-Taghrooda in Emirati Folklore,” and “Divan
Al-Taghrooda Al-Emaratiya: Tahreed from the Emirates”, and “Civilization of
Poetry in the Desert of the Emirates”.
education
He obtained a BA in Arabic language
and literature from the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, in 1966,
and obtained a master's degree in the same field in February 1974, and obtained
a Ph.D. in July 1987 from the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Authors
He published several works,
including:
“Dr. Manea Saeed Al-Otaiba in his
Nabati Poetry: A Literary Study,” published in 1999.
Poetry and snipers from the Emirates
and the Gulf, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, Poetry Academy, Abu
Dhabi, 2009.
“Nabati Poetry in the procession of
Sheikh Zayed,” Poetry Academy, 2015, page number: 144.
“Diwan Al-Taghrooda Al-Emarat:
Taghreed from the Emirates”, Poetry Academy in the Committee for the Management
of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs, 2015, number of pages: 507
pages of medium size.
“Emirati Al-Taghrooda: A Scientific
Study of the Art of Al-Taghrooda in the Emirati Folklore,” Poetry Academy in
the Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and Heritage
Programs, 2008.
“Poetry Civilization in the Desert
of the Emirates”, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, Poetry Academy,
Abu Dhabi, 2008, page number: 265.
“Principles of weighing the
Nabataean poem and defects of weight”, Poetry Academy, 2020, 200 pages.
“Summary of the Meters of Nabati
Poetry,” Poetry Academy, 2020, number of pages: 205.
“Nabati Poetry in the Gulf Region: A
Scientific Study,” Ministry of Information and Culture, Cultural
Administration, 2003.
“Nabati Poetry in the Gulf Region
and the Arabian Peninsula - Part One”, 2020, number of pages: 606.
“Nabati Poetry in the Gulf Region
and the Arabian Peninsula - Part Two”, 2020, number of pages: 517.
"Sings on Nabataean Poems -
Part One", Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, Poetry Academy,
Abu Dhabi, 2009, page number: 476.
“Musals on Nabataean Poems - Part
Two”, Poetry Academy, 2010, page number: 433.
“Bint Bin Dhaher: Researches in Her
Popular Poem and Biography,” written by Ghassan Al-Hassan, Ali Bin Tamim, and
Sultan Al-Amimi, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, “Poetry
Academy,” Abu Dhabi, 2008.
“Artistic Architecture in the Poetry
of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum”, Committee for the Management of
Festivals and Cultural and Heritage Programs, Poetry Academy, Abu Dhabi, 2017.
“Nabati Poetry and Classical Poetry:
One Heritage: A Study of the Relationships of Nabati Poetry with Classical
Poetry,” Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, Poetry Academy, 2010,
page number: 246.
“Bint Bin Dhaher, Researches in Her
Popular Poem and Biography,” Poetry Academy, 2018, 186 pages.
“Manifestations of Diving in Nabati
Poetry in the United Arab Emirates”, Poetry Academy, 2011, page number: 473.
“Hadith Al-Fareed from the Poetry of
Sheikh Zayed,” Poetry Academy, 2015, number of pages: 245.
Ghanem Al-Qusaili, Poetry Academy,
2008, 264 pages.
The Scientific Encyclopedia of
Nabati Poetry, Committee for the Management of Festivals and Cultural and
Heritage Programs, Poetry Academy, Abu Dhabi, 2018.
Series of Poets from the Emirates:
“Ibn Gibran’s Diwan,” Muhammad bin
Hamid bin Gibran Al-Suwaidi, supervised by Musabah Al-Kindi, investigated and
explained by Ghassan Al-Hassan, Emirates Heritage Club, Popular Poetry
Committee, Abu Dhabi, 2002.
"Divan Bin Muslim",
written by Rashid bin Salem bin Muslim Al Mansouri, supervised by Al Kindi
Musabah Al Kindi, compiled and prepared by Faleh Handal, Mohammed Ibrahim Al
Hadidi and Ghassan Al Hassan, Emirates Heritage Club, Popular Poetry Committee,
Abu Dhabi, 2003.
“Diwan of the Overwhelming Desire”,
by the poet Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Hadidi, supervised by Al-Asri bin Karaz
Al-Muhairi, prepared and explained by Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Hadidi and
Ghassan Al-Hassan, Emirates Heritage Club, Popular Poetry Committee, Abu Dhabi,
2006.
Achievements and Awards
awards
He was honored by receiving the Abu
Dhabi Award in 2015.
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