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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Ahmed Ali Hussein Odeh is a Palestinian novelist and writer of stories and screenplays. He is considered one of the pioneers of the literary and cultural movement in Jordan , and one of the founders of the Jordanian Writers Association . He is also one of the first writers of television series in the white Jordanian dialect.
His upbringing and education
He was born in the village of Athnaba, Ramla district , in 1948, before his family took refuge in Ain al-Sultan camp. He finished his primary and preparatory education in Ain al-Sultan camp boys’ school, and completed secondary school in Aqabat Jabr camp secondary school for boys, which is a camp located southwest of the city of Jericho , on Jerusalem Road , and obtained a secondary school certificate in 1963, after which he joined the Teachers’ Preparation Institute and obtained an educational qualification diploma equivalent to a community college diploma in 1965, after which he became a teacher in the schools of the Jerusalem Governorate , until he was displaced with his family following the June War to Amman , and he continued his work as a teacher in Oman until he was retired in 1988, where he then devoted himself to dramatic writing.
Literary life
He is a member of the Arab Writers Union and is considered one of the local stories who shined in the sixties and early seventies. He began writing novels specifically in the sixties, but the first thing he published was a short story in the early seventies.
He published his first collection (When Crying is No Use) in 1973, then he waited a long time before submitting his second collection (Thyme of the Hill) to the Jordanian Writers Association, which published it. His third collection (The Turn) was published in 1980.
These stories have a special flavor that is different from the prevailing ones, with a format drawn from the atmosphere of the Palestinian camp in exile, and a vision that moves away from highlighting the heroic dimension in camp life towards emphasizing the alienated human dimension, even though it often succeeds in creating a state of rebellion and rejection among its reader against this alienation. And oppression in the camp community.
Most of his collections of stories and novels concerned the Palestinian cause, starting from the camp and then through the dream of returning to the land through struggle and liberation. His collection of short stories and novels were banned from publication in some Arab countries because of the political and societal criticism they contain regarding the issue.
He generally presented selected Palestinian and Arab models in his collections. He knew how to present it to the reader by adding many details and shades, which gave it the elements of real life and honesty. All of this with a superior ability capable of shaping, communicating, and inspiring with tools that he has complete control over, and he knew how to use them through the interweaving of the past with the present, with the merging of events and feelings, and the intertwining of present events with the past. In highlighting the relationships of his characters to each other, we notice that each character in his stories and novels symbolizes a situation and reality in his life.
His death
He died in Jordan on Saturday, April 9, 2016 , after suffering a heart attack, after which he was transferred to the Medical City Center in Amman, where he remained in intensive care and died hours later. The news of his death was announced immediately. His body was buried on April 10 in Amman , and was buried in Sahab cemetery based on his recommendation. The Jordanian Writers Association and the Arab Writers Union described him in Arab newspapers as one of their members, and many writers and poets in Jordanian and Arab newspapers.
His works
Television series
And hope remains - in the Jordanian dialect
Forgotten Joy - in Jordanian dialect
Al-Ha'ir - in the Jordanian dialect
Haret Al-Zein - in the Jordanian dialect
Al-Rihaniya - in the Jordanian dialect
Starting line - in Saudi dialect
Time is rotating - in the Saudi dialect
Mirrors of Love - in Egyptian dialect
This is my decision - in the Syrian dialect
Bitter wishes - in the Syrian dialect
Radio series
In lost time
Television films
the patient
Halloum's torments
Mercy shot
Waiting
Plays
Treasure
The origin of the issue
The human group
His works
When crying is of no use - Stories - Amman - Al Sharq Library - 1973
Thyme of the Hill - Stories - Amman - Jordanian Writers Association - 1979
The Turn - Baghdad Stories - Ministry of Culture - 1980
Birth and Death - Stories) - Arab Writers Union - 1982
Jamjoom - Stories - Baghdad - Ministry of Culture and Information - 1982
Zero Hours - a novel - Beirut - Dar Al-Wahda - 1983
Commas - Stories - Damascus - Arab Writers Union - 1984
The Deceived Dog - Stories for Boys - Amman - Ibn Rushd House - 1986
Eyes of the Defender - Stories - Damascus - Arab Writers Union - 1995
The Trap - Stories - Amman - Ministry of Culture - 1996
Al-Bashkar - a novel - Amman - Dar Al-Yanabee’ - 1996
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Achievements and Awards
Awards
He won a certificate of appreciation for the best local series “Al-Rihaniyah” from Jordanian TV in 1990.
She won an award of appreciation from the Writers Guild for the best novel, “Zero Hours,” in 1982.
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