Ahmad Ali Al-Zein is a Lebanese novelist and journalist who has been working in Lebanese and Arab journalism since the late 1970s. He has written for numerous Lebanese and Arab newspapers and has produced a significant amount of dramatic, cultural, political, and documentary programs for radio and television. The Arab audience knows Al-Zein through his appearances since 2022 on his program “Rawafid” on Al Arabiya Channel, where he hosts Arab intellectuals and artists. In 2010, the program won the Gold Award for Best Cultural and Educational Program at the Gulf Radio and Television Festival. Ahmad Al-Zein also began his literary career as a novelist in the late 1980s, with his novels reflecting his rural memories as well as the social and human dimensions of conflicts and wars.
From the idea of a house that opens its door to the cultures and sciences of the peoples, to the house whose owner used to write and gather what happens in the place and outside it … the house of Abdullah Al Zayed was the first to found journalism in Bahrain with a modern press and library. He was also the first to open a cinema. He was the only editor who worked passionately to publish the weekly Bahrain Newspaper, and even encouraged aspirants to write about literature and culture.
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