Abd Allah Jefry ( - 2008) عبدالله جفري

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A Saudi writer born in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 1939. He received his education in Makkah Al-Mukarramah until the end of high school. He worked as an employee in the departments of Public Security, Passports and Nationality. He also worked in the Ministry of Information in the...Read more Directorate of Press and Publishing and in the General Directorate of Publications. He supervised the culture and literature pages of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. He prepared and presented the culture file in Al-Majalla magazine. He worked as deputy editor-in-chief of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat for cultural affairs. He was assigned to establish the office of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while writing a daily column in the same newspaper entitled “A Talking Point.” He wrote a weekly page in Al-Jadeedah magazine entitled “Words Beyond Restrictions”, a weekly page in the Saudi magazine Al-Yamamah entitled “Ports on Tomorrow’s Journey”, and a daily column in Okaz newspaper in Jeddah entitled “Shadows”. He participated in writing in a number of Arab newspapers and magazines. He used to write a daily column in the Al-Ahram International Edition entitled “Dialogue Point” before the publication of Al-Hayat newspaper. He wrote in Egyptian magazines on a permanent weekly basis, such as Akher Sa’a and October. He was writing a weekly page in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai Al Aam. He held the position of deputy publisher at the Saudi Research and Marketing Company, which publishes the daily newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat and Al-Majalla. He received an honorary fellowship from the Modern Literature Association in Cairo. He is known for the television evening entitled The Wedding. He died in 2008.


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  • A Saudi writer born in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 1939. He received his education in Makkah Al-Mukarramah until the end of high school. He worked as an employee in the departments of...Read more Public Security, Passports and Nationality. He also worked in the Ministry of Information in the Directorate of Press and Publishing and in the General Directorate of Publications. He supervised the culture and literature pages of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. He prepared and presented the culture file in Al-Majalla magazine. He worked as deputy editor-in-chief of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat for cultural affairs. He was assigned to establish the office of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while writing a daily column in the same newspaper entitled “A Talking Point.” He wrote a weekly page in Al-Jadeedah magazine entitled “Words Beyond Restrictions”, a weekly page in the Saudi magazine Al-Yamamah entitled “Ports on Tomorrow’s Journey”, and a daily column in Okaz newspaper in Jeddah entitled “Shadows”. He participated in writing in a number of Arab newspapers and magazines. He used to write a daily column in the Al-Ahram International Edition entitled “Dialogue Point” before the publication of Al-Hayat newspaper. He wrote in Egyptian magazines on a permanent weekly basis, such as Akher Sa’a and October. He was writing a weekly page in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai Al Aam. He held the position of deputy publisher at the Saudi Research and Marketing Company, which publishes the daily newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat and Al-Majalla. He received an honorary fellowship from the Modern Literature Association in Cairo. He is known for the television evening entitled The Wedding. He died in 2008.

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