Tareq Al-Khawaji is a Saudi writer and film critic. Since 2021, he has served as Cultural Advisor at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), where he is Secretary-General of the Ithra Library and oversees its Reading Program. He previously worked for Al Riyadh and the Saudi Ministry of Education. He has authored several books, including “The Musician at the Gates of Dawn,” “The Anime Castle,” and “The Library.”
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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