Khaled El Khamissi

Khaled El Khamissi 📰📚

Egyptian Journalist, Novelist, Writer, Producer, and Director

📅 Born: September 27, 1962

📍 Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt

🏛 Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Political Science – Cairo University 🎓

Master’s Degree in Foreign Policy – Sorbonne University 🇫🇷

📖 Career & Cultural Contributions:

✍️ Regular columnist in several Egyptian and European newspapers.

🌍 Has participated in international cultural conferences since the 1990s.

🤝 Collaborated with Francophonie Organization and the European Union on cultural events.

🌐 Lectured at literary and cultural festivals in more than 60 countries worldwide.

🏛 Co-founded the Union of Cultural Producers in the Mediterranean Basin in 1998.

🎭 Cultural Initiatives:

📚 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cairo Grand Library.

📖 Founder of "Dome Foundation for Culture" – supporting critical thinking in society.

🎤 Founder and President of the Storytelling Festival in Qena – Egypt’s first storytelling festival (held every March 📅).

📕 Founder and President of the Literary Reading Festival in Mansoura (held every November 📅).

📚 Literary Works:

1️⃣ "Taxi: Tales of the Road" (2007) 🚖

🔹 A book that captures real-life stories from Egyptian taxi drivers, achieving huge sales.

2️⃣ "Noah’s Ark" (2009) 🚢

🔹 A novel addressing illegal migration issues.

3️⃣ "2011: A New Beginning" (2014) ✍️

🔹 Part of the "Simply" series published by Dome Foundation.

🌍 His works have been translated into multiple languages, including:

🇬🇧 English | 🇫🇷 French | 🇮🇹 Italian | 🇪🇸 Spanish | 🇩🇪 German | 🇷🇴 Romanian | 🇵🇱 Polish | 🇬🇷 Greek | 🇰🇷 Korean | 🇲🇾 Malay