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Biography
He received his education in Quneitra and Damascus, and lived in Syria. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Sociology from Damascus University in 1980, a Diploma in Education in 1981, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education in 1982. He later obtained a Bachelor's degree in Arabic Language from Beirut Arab University. He worked as a teacher in Damascus and also served as editor-in-chief of the literary journal "Al-Usbu' al-Adabi" (The Literary Week), published by the Arab Writers Union in Syria. Some of his short stories and novels have been translated into English, French, German, Persian, Chinese, and Armenian. He is a member of the Short Story and Novel Association of the Arab Writers Union.
Novelistic output
“Blackness or Leaving the Baggara”, 1988
“Come, let’s scatter the autumn leaves,” 1992
“Jacob’s Daughters Bridge”, 1996
“Al-Wanas Attia”, 2002
“The Moan of the Reeds”, 2003
“The River in Winter Shirts”, 2005
“City of God”, 2009
“The Salty Date in Salty Time”, 2009
“Thorny plant”, 2017
“I Was There”, 2018
“The Cranes”, 2019
“Khatun Khanum Street”, 2020
Al-Jarjamani, 2021
“Little Nagogi”, 2021
“A country called Jabalia”, 2025
Other products
“Twelve Towers of Burj al-Barajneh” (Stories), 1983
“The Practices of Zaid Al-Ghathi the Deprived” (Stories), 1985
"Saffron and the Dark Shoes" (Stories), 1986
"The Echo of the Dead" (Stories), 1987
"The Doves Flew Away" (Stories), 1988
“Chagall’s Hot Sorrows” (Stories), 1989
“A Red Carnation for Her” (Stories), 1990
“Rain, Sorrows, and Colorful Butterflies” (Stories), 1992
"There... Near the Willow Trees" (Stories), 1995
“The Fever of Words” (Stories), 1998
“Purple Spots” (Study), 1999
“Hebrew Literature: References – Terminology – Visions”, 2001
“In Search of Her” (Stories), 2006
“One Thousand and One Nights: The Coma of Storytelling... The Coma of Listening,” 2006
"On Wonder and Pain" (a collection of short stories, co-authored), 2007
“So that the salt does not spoil” (Texts), 2008
“On Her Balcony”, 2008
"Returning Home" (Stories), 2009
“The Arab Mindset: Constants and Variables”, 2009
“The Long Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe”, 2018
“Moons... The Sea's Presence!”, 2018
“Elephants of the Forest”, 2020
“Lovers of Life”, 2020
"Creatures of Horror" (Stories)
Other information (awards, seminars, hosting events, etc.)
His novel, "Come, Let's Fly the Autumn Leaves," won the Suad Al-Sabah Award in 1990.
His novel "Jacob's Daughters Bridge" won the Naguib Mahfouz Award in 1999.
His novel "Jacob's Daughters Bridge" was ranked among the 100 best Arabic novels by the Arab Writers Union, 2001
Literary websites nominated him as one of the leading figures in literature and culture, 2009
His novel "Thorny Plant" won the Hanna Mina Prize for Fiction, 2017
His collection “Al-Marmariti” won second place in the Tayeb Salih International Prize for Creative Writing, 2018
His novel “The Cranes” was shortlisted for the literature category of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, 2019–2020.
His novel “City of God” won the award for best novel about Jerusalem from the Jerusalem Intellectuals Forum in cooperation with the Palestinian Writers and Authors Union, 2020.
He received the Palestine Appreciation Award for his entire body of work, 2021
His novel “Little Nagogi” won the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Arabic Novel, 2022
His novel, "A Country Called Jabalia," won second place in the Mohammed Abdel Wali Novel Prize, 2024.
He was honored at a ceremony organized by the Story and Novel Association of the Arab Writers Union in Syria.
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