Muhammed Abu Maatouk

Male, Person

1950 –

90

Who is Muhammed Abu Maatouk?

Muhammed Abu Maatouk is a Syrian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Aleppo, and studied Arabic at Aleppo University. He has written numerous plays, novels, short stories and screenplays. His first novel The Tree of Speech was published in 1990, while The Bottle and the Genie was longlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2009.

Abu Maatouk wrote the screenplay of Abu Zayd al-Hilali, an epic TV series based on the life of the 11th-century Arab leader which was first shown on Abu Dhabi TV in 2004.

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Born
1950
Syria
Education
  • University of Aleppo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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