Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi (born 1955 in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

) is a

short-story A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

writer from the

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. 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 Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...

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 The Federal National Council (FNC) (, ''al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi'') of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in the UAE. The FNC consists of 40 members. Twenty of the members are indirectly elected by the ...

's 15th Chapter as a representative of the

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, and elected uncontested as Speaker. He served as the speaker from 2011 to 2015.

References

External links

arabdecision.org

mini bio

banipal.co.uk
1955 births Emirati short story writers Living people Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni People from Dubai Speakers of the Federal National Council {{UnitedArabEmirates-writer-stub