| farah ashraf |
He was born in Jaffa in 1914. He completed his primary and secondary education at Freire College in 1929, and he knew English and was fluent in French. In the early forties, he moved to Amman, where he worked as a teacher, then as a manager of Karak High School. He also worked in the Ministry of Education, then as an advisor at the Ministry of Information in 1971. He also was the editor-in-chief of the “Jordan Message” magazine and then “Afkar” magazine. He wrote short stories, and literary and social articles in newspaper. In 1937, he published his first collection of short stories, titled "The Beginning of the Settlement." He was also active in translation from other languages. He translated stories and theatrical texts, wrote autobiographical essays, and travel literature, and transformed some of his short stories into one-act theatrical texts. A play entitled “The Masks” was published for him. It was shown on the stage in 1975, then presented at the Damascus Festival for Dramatic Arts in 1976, and was praised by critics and viewers. He died in 1974.
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