Marwan al-Ghafory
{{Short description|Yemeni novelist and writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Marwan al-Ghafory
| image = Marwan Al-Ghafory - Belqees TV, Feb 15, 2017.jpg
| caption = Marwan al-Ghafory on 15 February 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Taiz Governorate, Yemen
| occupation = Novelist, writer, cardiologist
}}
Marwan Ahmed al-Ghafory ({{Langx|ar|مروان الغفوري}}, born in 1980) is a Yemeni novelist, writer and cardiologist.{{Cite web |title=مروان الغفوري |trans-title=Marwan al-Ghafory |url=https://www.kataranovels.com/novelist/مروان-الغفوري/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية |language=ar}} He has been based in Germany since 2011.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-10 |title=Doctor by day, anti-disinfo warrior by night: fighting Yemen's Covid-19 crisis |url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/yemeni-doctor-disinfo/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=مروان الغفوري |trans-title=Marwan al-Ghafory |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/author/alghafory |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=aljazeera |language=ar}} He has published many literary books and was awarded Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work entitled, Layal, (Nights), in 2005.{{Cite web |date=5 January 2017 |title=اليوم : دائرة الثقافة والإعلام في الشارقة تعلن نتائج "جائزة للإبداع العربي" |trans-title=Today: Department of Culture and Information in Sharjah announces the results of the "Arab Creativity Award" |url=http://www.alyaum.com/article/1247655 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=alyaum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105085510/http://www.alyaum.com/article/1247655 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |language=ar}} He is known for his political articles.{{Cite web |last=Al-Sawadi |first=Ali Mutaher |date=5 July 2017 |title=عن الغفوري.. كاتباً |trans-title=About Al-Ghafory as a writer |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/blogs/2017/7/5/%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7 |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Aljazeera net |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=الغفوري: مسودة اتفاق الرياض تكشف عن هيمنة الإمارات على الشأن اليمني |trans-title=Al-Ghafori: Draft of the Riyadh agreement reveals the dominance of the UAE on Yemeni affairs |url=https://almawqeapost.net/news/45058 |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=almawqeapost |language=ar}}
Early life and education
Al-Ghafory was born in 1980 in Taiz Governorate.{{Cite web |title=مروان الغفوري هذه ليست روايتي |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Literature_Arts/56646 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=الأخبار |language=ar}} 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. Marwan left to Germany in 2011 and obtained a certificate of specialization in 2016. He has been working there as cardiologist since then.{{Cite web |last=Newsroom |title=Yemen's 'online hospital' connects locals in need with doctors abroad |url=https://al-masdaronline.net/national/792 |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Almasdar Online}} He also writes in many local and international newspapers.
Publications
= Poetry =
- Layal (Nights), 2004
= Novels =
- Waiting for the Prophecy of Yathrib, 2006
- Code Blue, 2008{{Cite web |last=Team |first=AlQarii |title=القارئ — كود بلو |trans-title=The Reader — Code blue |url=https://alqarii.com/reviews/48067-kod-blo |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=alqarii |language=ar}}
- Al-Khazraji, 2013{{Cite web |date=13 December 2019 |title=الخزرجي - أبجد |url=https://www.abjjad.com/book/2086436864/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A/2086469632/reviews |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=abjjad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213145758/https://www.abjjad.com/book/2086436864/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A/2086469632/reviews |archive-date=13 December 2019 }}
- Jada’eel Saada, 2014{{Cite web |date=13 March 2016 |title="جدائل صعدة" .. رواية يمنية تحاكي الأوضاع شمال اليمن |trans-title="Jadaeel Sa'ada''..A Yemeni novel that simulates the situation in northern Yemen |url=http://internationalnewsagency.net/news_details.php?sid=2241 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=International News Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041240/http://internationalnewsagency.net/news_details.php?sid=2241 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |language=ar}}
- Taghribet Mansour Al-Araj, 2015.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-09-09 |title=عن دار الآداب، بيروت، صدرت رواية "تغريبة منصور الأعرج" للكاتب اليمني مروان الغفو... |trans-title=Novel “Taghribet Mansour Al-Araj” by Yemeni writer Marwan Al-Ghafu has been published |url=https://sherepost.com/عن-دار-الآداب،-بيروت،-صدرت-رواية-تغريب.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=sherepost |language=ar}}
Awards
- Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work, Layal, (Nights), 2005{{Cite web |title=كونا : دائرة الثقافة والاعلام في الشارقة تعلن نتائج جائزة للابداع العربي - الثقافة والفنون والآداب - 20/02/2005 |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1506587&language=ar |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.kuna.net.kw}}
- Dar Naji Nouman Award for his poetry work, Moden fy Na'al El-Mushah, “Cities in Pedestrian Slippers", 2008{{Cite web |last=YKB |title=مروان الغفوري |url=https://www.hazawiaward.org/ar/teams-details/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.hazawiaward.org |language=ar}}
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Category:21st-century Yemeni novelists
Category:People from Taiz Governorate
Category:Yemeni expatriates in Germany
Category:21st-century Yemeni poets
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