Marwan Ahmed al-Ghafory (Arabic: مروان الغفوري, born in 1980) is a Yemeni novelist, writer and cardiologist.[1] He has been based in Germany since 2011.[2][3] He has published many literary books and was awarded Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work entitled, Layal, (Nights), in 2005.[4] He is known for his political articles.[5][6][2]

Marwan al-Ghafory
Marwan al-Ghafory on 15 February 2015
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Occupation(s)Novelist, writer, cardiologist

Early life and education

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Al-Ghafory was born in 1980 in Taiz Governorate.[7] Marwan grew up and studied his basic education in Taiz, Yemen. In 1998 Marwan got a scholarship from the government to pursue higher studies in Egypt. He obtained a bachelor in medicine from Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in 2006. Then he received a master in Cardiovascular Medicine from Cairo University in 2009.[1][2] Marwan left to Germany in 2011 and obtained a certificate of specialization in 2016. He has been working there as cardiologist since then.[8] He also writes in many local and international newspapers.[1][3]

Publications

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Poetry

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  • Layal (Nights), 2004

Novels

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  • Waiting for the Prophecy of Yathrib, 2006[7]
  • Code Blue, 2008[9]
  • Al-Khazraji, 2013[10]
  • Jada’eel Saada, 2014[11]
  • Taghribet Mansour Al-Araj, 2015.[12]

Awards

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  • Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work, Layal, (Nights), 2005[13]
  • Dar Naji Nouman Award for his poetry work, Moden fy Na'al El-Mushah, “Cities in Pedestrian Slippers", 2008[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "مروان الغفوري" [Marwan al-Ghafory]. جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Doctor by day, anti-disinfo warrior by night: fighting Yemen's Covid-19 crisis". Coda Story. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "مروان الغفوري" [Marwan al-Ghafory]. aljazeera (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ "اليوم : دائرة الثقافة والإعلام في الشارقة تعلن نتائج "جائزة للإبداع العربي"" [Today: Department of Culture and Information in Sharjah announces the results of the "Arab Creativity Award"]. alyaum (in Arabic). 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ Al-Sawadi, Ali Mutaher (5 July 2017). "عن الغفوري.. كاتباً" [About Al-Ghafory as a writer]. Aljazeera net (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ "الغفوري: مسودة اتفاق الرياض تكشف عن هيمنة الإمارات على الشأن اليمني" [Al-Ghafori: Draft of the Riyadh agreement reveals the dominance of the UAE on Yemeni affairs]. almawqeapost (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "مروان الغفوري هذه ليست روايتي". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. ^ Newsroom. "Yemen's 'online hospital' connects locals in need with doctors abroad". Almasdar Online. Retrieved 20 November 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ Team, AlQarii. "القارئ — كود بلو" [The Reader — Code blue]. alqarii (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  10. ^ "الخزرجي - أبجد". abjjad. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ ""جدائل صعدة" .. رواية يمنية تحاكي الأوضاع شمال اليمن" ["Jadaeel Sa'ada..A Yemeni novel that simulates the situation in northern Yemen]. International News Agency (in Arabic). 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. ^ "عن دار الآداب، بيروت، صدرت رواية "تغريبة منصور الأعرج" للكاتب اليمني مروان الغفو..." [Novel “Taghribet Mansour Al-Araj” by Yemeni writer Marwan Al-Ghafu has been published]. sherepost (in Arabic). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. ^ "كونا : دائرة الثقافة والاعلام في الشارقة تعلن نتائج جائزة للابداع العربي - الثقافة والفنون والآداب - 20/02/2005". www.kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  14. ^ YKB. "مروان الغفوري". www.hazawiaward.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 December 2022.