Birth: NULL/NULL/1941 Death:NULL/NULL/NULL
Born in Sawahreh, Jerusalem, in 1941; received a Licentiate from the University of Damascus in 1965, specializing in Philosophy and Sociology; began working as a teacher; then also worked as journalist, writing under different nicknames, incl. Fares Abu Bakr and Ribhi Hafez; was imprisoned by Israeli authorities between 1969-74 and deported to Amman in 1975; received a prize from the Association of Jordanian Writers; wrote stories for TV series; works as playwright and short story writer; his collections include: The Bread of Others (Arabic, 1975), The Palestinian Boy (Arabic, 1977), Rites for the Wretched Woman (Arabic, 1986); and The Silence of Windows (Arabic, Damascus, 1995).
