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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Ghanem Saber Ghanem, known as Ghanem Ghanem, is a Palestinian writer , director , and theater actor . He was born in 1955 in Jericho , Palestine . He moved with his family to Jordan at the age of twelve . He wrote and directed many plays , and wrote short stories .
He has won awards for directing and writing plays. Ghanem is a member of the Jordanian Artists Association, the Jordanian Theater Association, and a member of the founding committee of the Arab Theater Authority and the General Union of Arab Writers and Authors. He is a member of the jury at several theater festivals, such as the Children's Theater Festival in Jordan, the Baqaa Theater Festival in Sudan, and the Casablanca International University Theater Festival.
Ghanem began his theatrical work in the seventies with local theater groups in the theaters of the city of Jaffa in Gaza . After moving to Jordan, he founded the Jerash Amateur Theater Troupe with a number of his colleagues. The artist Ghanem Ghanem's works revolve around the suffering of the Palestinian individual under Israeli occupation or in exile. His last work in 2018 was the play (I Will Die in Exile), which is a one-actor play that he presented on a number of Arab stages.
Memberships
Member of the Jordanian Artists Syndicate , Directing Division .
Member of the Jordanian Short Story Writers Association .
Member of the General Union of Arab Writers and Authors - story and playwriting.
Founding member of the Arab Theatre Authority / Rapporteur of the First Executive Council
Head of Jordan Office / Arab Theater Authority.
Publication and Media Officer at the Arab Theater Authority in Sharjah - United Arab Emirates since June 2011. Founding member of the Free Theater Troupe and the Theater Without Borders Association - Ramah.
Editorial Board Member of Funun Magazine / Ministry of Culture
Literary and artistic publications
Stop and check-stories
Who's Afraid? -Stories
Programming - Stories
Tales of Judge Rayhan - Play 1992
As if you were Abu Zaid and other texts 2003
Manifestations of the Light of the Soul - Play 2003.
A Brief History of Jordanian Theatre 1918-2006 - From the Ministry of Culture 2008
We Love Life / Seven Mirrors Method. Theater with disabled landmine victims.
Theatre and Heritage - Study 2002
Local theatrical text composed for the stage 1918-2000
Censorship and Creativity - A Study of the Kuwaiti Theatre Festival 2005
The text in the theater between the author and the director_Amman Theater Forum
Al-Sayyab Lives Twice and Other Texts. Manuscript.
Language Levels in Theatrical Performance - Sharjah Forum for Arab Theater 2005
Theatre Against Tyranny - A Study of the Kuwait Theatre Festival 2007
Theatrical Spectacle and the Recipient - Specialized Symposium in Kuwait 2007
Technology in theatrical performance - a study in the Jordan Theatre Festival 2007
One of the most important theatrical works
The Exile of Zareef El-Tool - actor - directed by Hani Snobar - 1984 A Face with Millions of Eyes - actor - written by Abdul Rahim Omar, directed by Hani Snobar 1984. Samson and Delilah - actor - written by Moein Bseiso , directed by Khaled Al-Tarifi 1985. Popular Autumn. Acting. Written and directed by Khaled Al-Tarifi 1985. O God, Make It Good. Written and acting. Directed by Jibril Al-Sheikh. Mawwal Band. 1986. What Remains for You .
Prepared and directed by Mawwal Band. Banned one day before the opening and the band was dissolved by military escape 1987. Alaa El-Din. Actor, directed by Fathi Abdel Rahman 1988. Ya Antar. Actor. Written by Yousry Al-Jundi. Directed by Nabil Najm 1988. Zaytoun Beach, actor, written by Abdul Rahman Arnous, directed by Mohammed Al-Damour 1989. Watan Al-Taer. Actor. Written by Ahmed Khalaf.
Directed by Mohammed Al-Damour. 1989. Al-Jarousha - actor, producer and director - 1991 Who is there? - actor, producer and director - 1992 Antar Zamanu and Al-Nimr - actor, writer and director - 1993 Al-Zeer Salem - writer and actor - directed by Mohammed Al-Damour Badraneh - actor, writer and director - 1995 Ka'ank Ya Abu Zaid - writer and director - 1996/seven awards from the Jordanian Theater Festival Five Dolls and a Woman - writer and director - 1997 Searching for Nofan - writer, actor and director -/three awards from the Jordanian Theater Festival 1997 How do we return our names - written and directed. For children 1997. Manama Abdullah Al-Bari. written and directed. For children 1998. Darkness of the Emperor - written.
Directed by Firas Al-Masry. 1998 awards from the Jordanian Theater Festival. Hayat Hayat - writer, actor and director - 1998-2001 performed in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco and Egypt. And some love killed - writer and director 1999 / two awards at the Jordanian Theater Festival Manifestations of the Light of the Soul - writer and director - 2000 Marouf Al-Iskafi - writer and director - 2001 The Sigh of Clay - editor and director - 2002 The Last Dreams of Al-Wahrani - writer and director 2003 Five Dolls - monodrama. Writer and director 2003 Oh Traveler Alone - writer and director 2005 Amman / and the first Raqqa Theater Festival - Syria, Theater Amateurs Festival / Syria, Al-Qurain Festival / Kuwait 2006 Al-Sayyab Lives Twice / writer and director / Qatar Theater Troupe 2006 Saif Al-Yasmine Al-Dimashqi - writer. Directed by Ali Al-Jarrah. 2004 / Best Arabic Writing Award at the Philadelphia University Theater Festival.
Homeland of Martyrs. Directed by. Al-Maaref Schools 2004. Hoboob Al-Nar - Writer and Director / Al-Maaref Schools - 2005. Al-Rouh Al-Hurra - Writer. Directed by Hani Al-Jarrah - 2006 / Ministry of Education. Al-Sununu and the Happy Prince / Al-Maaref Schools, six awards at the Kingdom level. 2006 My Knowledge Taught You - Writer and Director 2007 I am for My Beloved - Monodrama, Editor and Director 2007 Yamaam Al-Aqsa / Modern Systems / Directing.
Best Integrated Work Competition Jerusalem Capital of Arab Culture 2009. Morning and Evening 2009 Returning to Haifa / Actor and Co-Editor. Director Dr. Yahya Al-Bishtawi A Platoon on the Road to Death / Editor and Director. 2010 Ghazal Al-Mazyoun / Writer and Director. 2010 I Will Die in Exile / Monodrama / Writing, Directing and Performing. 2016, The text of Laylak Dhuha - Death in the Time of ISIS, won the Creativity Award from the Jordanian Ministry of Culture 2016, this text was translated into Japanese, and presented in a theatrical reading to the public in December 2017, and will be presented in full in Japanese in 2018.
TV series
In addition to writing and acting in television dramas and documentaries, the most important of which are: Thirsty, Girls, written by Nader Omran, directed by Suhail Elias. 1987 Darkness on the Other Side, written and directed by Suhail Elias 1990. Harat Al-Zain. Directed by Jalal Taama. 1991. - Al-Adoul TV series - won the Silver Award at the Tunisian Television Festival 2007. Produced by Anjad Film - Jordan 2004 - Sohrab TV series - produced by Hassan Al-Asiri - Saudi Arabia 2005 - Screams of Ancient Notebooks TV series - Jordan 2005, produced by Issam Hijawi . - Star Film - produced in Saudi Arabia.
Awards
Many awards for writing and directing locally and regionally, the most important of which are: The State Encouragement Award for Best Integrated Theatrical Work 1995 for the play Al-Zir Salem. Theatrical Writing Award at the Jordanian Theater Festival 1996 for the play Ka’ank Ya Abu Zaid. Theatrical Direction Award at the same festival for the aforementioned play. Theatrical Writing Award at the Jordanian Theater Festival 1998 for the play Darkness of the Emperor. Theatrical Writing Award at the Philadelphia Arab University Theater Festival for the play Sword of the Damascene Jasmine. Best Theatrical Work Award_Special Education 2005_Theatrical Blowing of Fire. Best Direction Award_Ya Musafir Wahdak - First Raqqa Theater Festival.
Best Scenography Award_Ya Musafir Wahdak_First Raqqa Theater Festival. Best Integrated Theatrical Performance Award - Ya Musafir Wahdak - First Raqqa Theater Festival 2005 Best Theatrical Work Award_ Private Education - The Swallow and the Happy Prince/2006: - Al-Adoul TV Series - Won the Silver Award at the Tunisian Television Festival 2007 Best Theatrical Performance Award / Unions Competition for Jerusalem Week (Yamam Al-Aqsa) 2009 Honored at the Arab Pioneers and Creators Festival / Theater Pioneering / Damascus Capital of Arab Culture / Arab League / 2008 Special Jury Award for Acting in the Monodrama Returning to Haifa. Jordanian Theater Festival. 2009. Creativity Award in Theatrical Writing 2016. Ministry of Culture. Jordan. The Text of Your Night Before Death in the Time of ISIS. Distinguished Arab Artist Award. Sharjah Theater Days Festival 2018, for writing and directing the play Your Night Before Death. Palestine Appreciation Award for the Arts for the year 2022 for his entire theatrical work.
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