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Biography
Biography Summary
- Name: Ahmed Bashir Al-Aila
- From media centers, serving as managing editor and editorial coordinator for several magazines and newspapers, and as a program producer and writer for 25 years.
- Head of the Ammar Youth Development Organization
- Coordinator and head of preparatory committees for several scientific, economic, and cultural conferences.
- Former correspondent for the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA).
- Worked in radio broadcasting, preparing and presenting programs on various stations.
- Worked in media management as editor-in-chief and managing editor for several magazines and newspapers.
- Founder and head of the Media Center for the Arab Medical University.
- Works in public education as a physics teacher.
- His name is included in several Arabic dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the Al-Babtain Dictionary, the Guide to Palestinian Writers, the Dictionary of Palestinian Writers, the Great Encyclopedia of Arab Poets between 1956 and 2006 - Part One - Fatima Bouhraka, Morocco - Fez, the Encyclopedia of Palestinian Figures; from the first to the fifth century AH - from the seventh to the twenty-first century, Palestinian Poets of the Twentieth Century, and the Anthology of Palestinian Poetry; United Arab Emirates University. Several academic studies have been conducted on his poetic output, and some of his poems have been included in literary criticism courses at the following universities: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Al-Aqsa University, Palestine; the Islamic University, Palestine; and Benghazi University (formerly Garyounis University), Libya.
Novelistic output
“Guardian of the Seven Centuries”, 2017The Prophet drowned.“The River of Prophet Rubin”, 2025
Other products:
“The Palm Trees Began” (Poetry Collection), 1990
Poetic contribution to the anthology “The Martyr” published by the Al-Babtain Foundation, 2001
"Veins of the Closed Door" (Poetry Collection), 2007
“The Worries of Those Whose Children Have No Country” (Poetry Collection), 2012
“It hasn’t happened yet” (Diwan), 2019
"My Friend the Carnation" (Poetry Collection), 2019
“A Call to God” (Poetry Collection)
“The Sculptor of Perfume” (Poetry Collection)
“The African Prose Collection”
“Miniatures”
“The rope that hung from the sky” (a collection of poems)
Poems about Jaffa in the book “Jaffa; the Orchard of Perfume and Poetry”
“In the Mass Grave” (short story), 2024
“A Path of Stubborn Pain” (Poetry Collection), 2025
Criticism and studies about the novelist:
Many Arabic dictionaries and encyclopedias include the poet's name and family name, including:
Al-Babtain, published by the Al-Babtain Foundation of Kuwait (Part One: Page 228)
Palestine Book Guide
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Anthology of Palestine
The Great Encyclopedia of Arab Poets
Palestinian poets of the twentieth century
Palestinian Poetry Collection
Dictionary of Palestinian Writers
Some of the poems of the poet Ahmed Al-Aila have been included in the literary criticism curricula of several universities, including:
Ain Shams University in Egypt
Al-Aqsa University in Palestine
Islamic University of Palestine
University of Benghazi (formerly Garyounis) in Libya
A university study entitled “The Poetic Image in the Works of Ahmed Bashir Al-Aila” was conducted at the Teachers College, Garyounis University
Some of his poems have been cited in several advanced university theses, including a master's thesis entitled "Poetry of the Palestinian Intifada from 1987 to 1994: A Thematic and Artistic Study" at Nasser International University, prepared by Muhammad Kallab.
It was mentioned in the book “Quiet Gates” by Adhab Al-Rikabi
Other information (awards, seminars, hosting events, etc.)
Numerous media and literary appearances since 1990 on radio and television programs in Libya
Interview on Al-Aqsa TV, on Palestinian soil, on the program "Naseem Al-Aqsa", April 2011
Poetry evening at the Ministry of Prisoners and Released Prisoners on the occasion of Palestinian Prisoner's Day, April 2011
A welcoming seminar was held by the Cultural Friendship Center at the Documentation and Studies Center, June 19, 2011
A lengthy interview with the Palestine newspaper, published in two issues dated July 30 and August 4, 2011
A literary meeting on Al-Aqsa Radio as part of the "Inspired by the Pen" program, August 14, 2011
A lengthy interview with journalist Amal Awad Radwan was published on various websites.
A series of radio interviews on the Palestinian issue on Voice of Free Libya, directed by Mohammed Abdul Wadoud
Study and Anthology by Samir Fawzi Haj – Arab Institute for Studies and Publishing, 2004
Testimony of “Abdul Rahman Majid Al-Rubaie… and the Questions of Difficult Times” by Adhab Al-Rikabi
Joint authorship of “Islamic Education for the First Grade of Primary School” for Libyan schools
Editorial Director for the Center's publications, 2003-2005
Editorial Coordinator for the Arab Culture Magazine, published by the General Culture Council in Libya, 2005
Editorial Coordinator for Al-Khibra Magazine, published by the Planning Secretariat, Benghazi, 1989-1992
Editor-in-Chief of the Qaryounis Newspaper at Qaryounis University, Benghazi
Member of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Journalists, 2002
Member of the Libyan Journalists Association, 2007
Member of the Libyan Association of Friends of the Arabic Language, 2011
Head of the Libyan branch of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Association
A freelance radio producer working for several Libyan radio stations.
Cultural editor at Qaryounis newspaper for 3 years since 1989
Editor-in-Chief of Al-Majlis Newspaper, published by the Benghazi Local Council, 2014
His novel “The River of the Prophet Rubin” reached the list of 18 unpublished novels for the Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2024
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