Khalifa Hassan Ali (Arabic: خليفة عريفه, born 1946) is a Bahraini actor, director, and writer,[1] conside red one of the pioneers of theatre in Bahrain.[2][3] He helped found many institutions, including the Bahrain Writers’ Association, the Awal Theater, and the Bahrain National Cultural Forum. He also wrote short stories and novels, in addition to stage and television screenplays, and he directed extensively.[4][5][6]

Khalifa Araifa
خليفة عريفه
Born
Khalifa bin Hassan

1946 (1946) (age 78)
Occupation(s)actor, writer, director
Years active1967—Present
FatherHassan Ali

Short stories

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Short stories
Publishing date Publication Title
April 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "دموع اليتيم" (“Orphan’s Tears”)
September 28, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "رحلة العمر" (“Trip of a Lifetime”)
September 28, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "الابتسامة لن تغيب" (“The Smile Will Not Be Lost”)
November 16, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "البقعة السوداء" (“Black Spot”)
July 18, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "عذاب لا ينتهي" (“Endless Torment”)
August 8, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "السجين" (“The Prisoner”)
September 5, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ثرثرة خلف جدار الصمت" (“Gossip Behind a Wall of Silence”)
July 17, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "الشحات والغوص الجديد" (“Scarcity and New Diving”)
August 21, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ذات ليلة من ليالي الأرق" (“One of the Sleepless Nights”)
September 25, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ضياع في ليل الجواري" (“Lost Amid the Night Slaves”)
June 18, 1970 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "بداية الطريق" (“Start of the Road”)
1971 9 أصوات في القصة البحرينية الحديثة (“9 Voices in the Modern Bahraini Short Story,” Beirut: Arab Institute for Research & Publishing) "سيرة الجوع والصمت" (“The Story of Hunger and Wisdom”)
October 26, 1971 Sada al-Usbu (newspaper) "آه يا مرفأ الأمان" (“Oh, Safe Harbor”)
February 21, 1972 New Society (magazine) "الوجه الذي تأكله الديدان" (“The Face Worms Eat”)
April 1974 ''Al Bayan'' (magazine) "الدخول في الدائرة" (“Entering the Circle”)
April 1975 Iraqi Pens (magazine): Issue 7 "خيط من الدم" (“Thread of Blood”)
September 1978 Hana Bahrain (magazine) "ذكرى لم تنته" (“The Memory Is Not Over”)

Direction

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Radio series

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  • جري الوحوش (“Running Monsters”)
  • ملاذ الطير (“Malath al-Tair)
  • الوهم (“Illusion”)

TV series

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Direction filmography
Title Year
Wall of Memories (special) 1979
Rhelat El-Ajaayeb 1990
Another Girl 1993
My Ayawid File 1995
Hassan and Nour Al-Sana 1995
Tales of the Sea 1997
Jannoun Al Layl 2006
Sinbad bin Hareb 2010
Fairy Tales from the Gulf 2016
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References

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  1. ^ "خليفة عريفه". Layalina. August 20, 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "قراءة نقدية لنصوص خليفة عريفه". Al Bilad (Bahraini newspaper). November 22, 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "خليفة عريفه.. مسرحي بحريني شامل". Al-Ittihad (Emirati newspaper). February 15, 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ Juha, George (November 22, 2011). "خليفة عريفه سرد وشعر عن الخيبات الدائمة". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ Abdelamir, Mansoura (May 12, 2017). "خليفة عريفه يدشن ثاني رواياته «رائحة القميص» بمركز كانو". Al-Wasat (Bahraini newspaper). Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ "خليفة عريفه يدشن روايته (رائحة القميص)". Bahrain News Agency. January 25, 2016. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.