Khaled Al Khamissi
| Khaled AlKhamissi | |
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27 September 1962 Cairo |
| Occupation | Author, Chairman of The Greater Cairo Library, Founder of Doum Cultural Foundation |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
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Khaled Al Khamissi (born September 27, 1962) is an Egyptian novelist, columnist, lecturer, writer and cultural activist. His two fiction works, Taxi and Noah’s Ark, have provided Arabic and non-Arabic readers with insight into Egyptian society in the last decade. His first non fiction book: "2011" was published in 2014.
As a columnist, Al Khamissi’s articles in Egypt and abroad show a blend of his background as a political analyst and fiction writer.
He has been Chairman of the board of the Greater Cairo public Library since 2014.
Since the 1990s, he has delivered lectures in international universities and book fairs on literature and film and has been a jury member in a number of film festivals.
A believer that cultural progress is the necessary precursor to social change, following the Egyptian revolution of 2011, Al Khamissi set up Doum, a cultural foundation designed to promote critical thinking.
Founder and president of story telling festival in Qena[1]
Founder and president of literary festival in Mansoura[2]
His novels have been translated into 16 languages including: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Malaysian, Korean, Polish, Greek, Kurdish and others.
Biography
Khaled Al Khamissi was born on September 27, 1962 to Egyptian parents in downtown Cairo where he still resides. He obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University in 1984 and his masters in foreign policy from The Sorbonne in 1988.
Books
- Taxi (2007)
- Noah's Ark (2009)
- 2011 (2014)
References
1. http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/egyptian-author-gives-fuel-for-thought
3. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/01/taxi-khaled-alkhamissi-review
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