Name Fakhri Qawar | ||
Fakhri kawar (Arabic: فخري قعوار) is a Jordanian writer and parliamentarian. He was born in the Jordanian town of Al-Jafour near the border city of Mafraq in 1945. He was educated in Jerusalem and received the General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi) from the Ibrahimieh College in Jerusalem in 1964. He later enrolled in Beirut Arab University to earn a BA in Arabic Language and Literature in 1971.
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Career
kawar worked upon graduation as a teacher in several private schools in each of Zarqa and Amman. He also worked at Yarmouk University in Irbid for several months in mid-1970s. The Prime Minister at the time, Mudar Badran, dismissed kawar from his post after the latter published an article entitled "Amman fi el-Qalb" Amman is in the heart" in the Al Ra'i newspaper.
Literary works
kawar wrote his first story when he was a student in the preparatory school in Mafraq; the story was aired on the Jordanian Radio in 1961. kawar published his stories in several Jordanian and Arab newspapers and magazines such as the Egyptian magazine of Al-Qissa (The Story), the Lebanese magazine of AL-Adeeb and Al-Aufq Al-Jadid in Jerusalem among others.
Publications
- "Three Voices", 1972
- "Why did Susie cry too much?, 1973
- "No chess playing is allowed', 1976
- " I am the Patriarch", 1981
- "The Barrel", 1982
- "Job, the Palestinian", 1989
- "The dream of a nigh guard", 1993
- "A man and a woman", translated 1996
Membership
kawar joined the Jordanian Writers Associations since it was established in 1974. He was elected a chairman of the Association for four rounds and was the editor in chief of Awaraq Magazine issued by the Association.
He was also the editor in chief of Wisam children magazine in mid-1980s. In 1992, Qawar was elected the General Secretary of the Arab Writers Union in the conference that was held in Amman, he was re-elected for the same position in 1995.
Parliamentary career
kawar was elected as member of the Parliament of Jordan in 1989, he ran for Amman 3rd district's seat.
Satirical Influence
kawar wrote the script of one of the earliest comedy TV soap-operas in Jordan called " The Dairies of Farhan Sa'eed Farhan". He also wrote the script for a popular satirical radio program called "Dar Abu Warrad", or the house of Abu Warrad in mid-1990s, in addition to another program called "Kol Youm Hikya or A story for everyday. In 2009, Greater Amman Municipality published kawar's satirical works in one volume. "Satire for kawar is not merely aimed to rise laughter, but rather a structure based on a form of the artistic discrepancy," Nabeel Haddad, a Jordanian academic and literary critic said about kawar's collection.