Khaled Al Khamissi, earned a BA in political science from Cairo University and a master’s in international politics from the Sorbonne. His acclaimed novels Taxi, Noah’s Ark, and Al Shamandar explore contemporary Egyptian society and have been translated into 20 languages. He is also a columnist whose work reflects his dual identity as a political analyst and fiction writer. Al Khamissi founded the cultural foundation Doum after the 2011 revolution to promote critical thinking. In 2021, France honored him as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Where memory is the house of culture and knowledge; where the original council, separated by a cultural sidewalk that connects Muharraq with the intellectuals and writers of the world. The house itself, located at the heart of the city, opens its doors to cultural production in the fields of thought, literature, politics, philosophy, culture and art.
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