Ahmad Ali El Zein
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Ahmad Ali El Zein | |
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| Born | March 5, 1955 Akkar Al Atika, Lebanon |
| Occupation | Novelist, Television and Radio Host, Journalist. |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Genre | Novels, TV Documentaries |
| Notable works | The Edge of Oblivion |
| Spouse | Nada Tahsaladar |
| Children | Ali El Zein, Kifah El Zein, Bashar El Zein |
Ahmad Ali El Zein (born 1956), is a Lebanese novelist, and television documentarist. He is best known for his triology novels, Edge of oblivion (2007), Suhbat al-Tayer 2010, and Barid al-Ghouroub (2014). He lives traveling between Europe and the middle east, where he shoots a series of documnetaries on Arab intellectuals and artists broadcast on Al-Arabiya News Channel.
Biography
Ahmad Ali El Zein was born on March 1956 in the village of Akar al-Atika, north Lebanon[1], to Ali El-Zein and Fatima al-Mohamad. He grew up in a rural and pastoral environment, a peaceful and archaic milieu lying on the Lebanese northern mountains of Akkar amid thick woods of fir, pine and oak.
Ahmad Ali El Zein studied Music and Theatre at the Lebanese University, Beirut. He started as a journalist in 1978 and wrote cultural essays, articles, and editorials for “al-Nida” newspaper, “Annahar”, “Assafir”, “al-Hayat” “Zahrat al-Khalij".
In 1986, he produced, wrote and presented dozens of comedies and political shows for Radio “Sawt al-Sha’b”, which climbed to top ranking in audience rating few time later after its launch.
For television, he realized documentary films (1992–1994) portraying contemporary Lebanese artists, singers, musicians, writers, poets, etc. for “Tele Liban”. From 1997 to 2000 he contributed to the redaction and production of several episodes of the talk show host program “Hiwar al-Omr” presented by Gisel Khoury and broadcast on “Lbc Channel”. On Abu Dhabi TV in 2001-2003 he edited and directed “Qiraat”, a program presenting latest and most important books. he also wrote, edited and directed a series of short documentaries portraying celebrities of the 20th century such Zakariyya Ahmad, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Asmahan, Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atrash, Laila Murad, Mohamed El Qasabgi, Fairuz, etc.
One of his plays, Ru'ya [Vision], was staged at Unesco castle theatre in Beirut in 2000. He wrote Al-Tayoun (1988), Khirbat al-Nawwah (1992), Ma'bar al-Nadam (1998) and Hafat al-Nisyan (2007)[The Edge of Oblivion], the first volume of his trilogy Thulathiyat Abdul Jalil Ghazal, excerpted in Banipal[2], Sohbat al-Tayer (2011), Barid al-Ghouroub (2014).
Ahmad El Zein started in 2003 shooting a series of documentaries entitled “Rawafed”, broadcast on “Al Arabiya News Channel”. Rawafed is one of the most celbrated TV programs, awarded the golden prize for the best cultural and educational program at the 10th edition of the Gulf Media Festival.[3]
The Edge of Oblivion
The first volume of a trilogy about fictional hero Abdul Jalil Ghazal – whom we meet limping from the ruins of an intolerable desert prison, continually sucked back into his dark and horrifying memories as he tries to make sense of his present predicament.[4]
List of works
Novels
- "Al-Tayoun", 1988
- "Khirbat al-Nawah", 1992
- "Ma'bar al-Nadam", 1998
- "Hafat al-Nisyan", 2007
- "Suhbat al-Tayr", 2010
- "Barid al-Ghorub", 2014
Play
Ru'ya
References
- ^ "Ahmad Ali El-Zein". http://www.banipal.co.uk/. 27 July 2014.
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{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Golf Festival for Radio & Television [1]، "Al Arabiya Net" February 13, 2010
- ^ "Back Issues". http://www.banipal.co.uk/. 2008.
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Sources
- Aplin, Thomas (2008), "Excerpt from The Edge of Oblivion Part One of The Trilogy of Abdul Jalil Ghazal", Banipal Magazine of Modern Arab Literature, no. 32.