Biographies: Ghaleb Halsah - Writer

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Jordanian writer and politician, who was born in Maeen, Madaba, Jordan on December 3, 1932. He completed his secondary education in Amman and then went to Beirut to study at The American University, Journalism Department, but he could not continue his studies because of being arrested for political reasons. He traveled to Iraq and was arrested there and deported to Jordan. Afterwards, he traveled to Cairo and completed his studies in 1958. He worked in the New China Agency in Cairo and mastered the Egyptian dialect. He worked for the German News Agency and completed most of his novels in Egypt, such as "Laughter" and "The Question". He did several literary, philosophical, and historical studies and a number of translations. He died on December 17, 1989.

• 16 January 2022
• Christina Aziz