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Mohammad al Murr


Born
Dubai, The United Arab Emirates

Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi (born 1955 in Dubai) is a short-story writer from the United Arab Emirates.

He has published over 15 volumes of short stories and has had two collections translated into English: Dubai Tales and The Wink of the Mona Lisa.

Al Murr graduated from Syracuse University in the United States, and has been a member of a number of UAE academic institutions and councils. He is the head of the Dubai Cultural Council, recently reorganized as the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.

In 2011 Al Murr was appointed to the Federal National Council's 15th Chapter as a representative of the Emirate of Dubai, and elected uncontested as Speaker. He served as the speaker from 2011 to 2015. ...more

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Average rating: 3.4 · 105 ratings · 20 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
Dubai Tales
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3.50 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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3.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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