Chaker Khazaal
| Chaker Khazaal | |
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| Born | 28 September 1987 Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Palestinian – Canadian |
| 🏫 Education | undergraduate studies at York University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Chaker Khazaal (Arabic:شاكر خزعل) is a Canadian Palestinian author born in Lebanon on 28 September 1987.[1] Khazaal is a Palestinian – Canadian writer active in social media networks on refugee rights and public relief activities.[2] A trilogy of stories entitled "Confessions of a War Child" was released in March 2013, and "Confessions of a War Child – Lea" in April 2014.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Born to Palestinian father Mahmoud Khazaal, his mother, Palestinian social activist Alfet Mahmood, is the eldest of his three brothers Faiz, Hadi and Hani. His grandparents were displaced from Palestine in 1948 and returned to Lebanon.[4] Chaker grew up in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Chaker moved to Toronto in 2005 to start his undergraduate studies at York University.[5]
Chaker suffers from lack of attention and hyperactivity (ADHD), which he spoke of as encouraging him to move forward and did not impede him in his march forward. Chaker has stated that he is a nocturnal organism, i.e. he prefers to work and write at night while taking a nap at organized times during the day.[6]
Work[edit]
Chaker acted as an actor in several local plays in Beirut and at the age of 13, played a starring role in the film "Sugar Yaffa."[7] At age 17, he received an award from York University in Toronto for his academic excellence and high leadership skills in the study of film production and international studies.[8] He moved to Canada to learn at York University in Toronto, graduating in 2009 to join the United Nations, where he became a Refugee Rights Speaker, and was presented in the Face of Transfer Online partnership.
He left the organization in 2013 to devote his time to writing, and remained active in the rights of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, defending the rights of Syrian refugees and others. He has received several awards, including the Leaders of Tomorrow Award from the University of York, a scholarship to supplement his science at the University, and the Innovation Award from Order of Saint Lazarus for his book "Confessions of a War Child (Section I)."
Novels[edit]
- Confessions of War Child (Part I).
- Confessions of War Child (Lea).
- Confessions of War Child (Sahari).
- In May 2014, Chaker stated that he was writing his third and final version of the War Child Confessions on his official Twitter page. He announced he called it Sahari. It will be published in 2015.[9]
- Tale of Tala (2017).[1]
- OCH (2020).[10]
Honours and awards[edit]
- Chaker Khazaal received the Saint Lazarus Award.
References[edit]
- ↑ "HuffPost Live". web.archive.org. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ Bitajarod. "بالصور: الكاتب العالمي شاكر خزعل فاز بجائزة الإبداع للعام". Bitajarod – Online Magazine (in العربية). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Yahoo!". web.archive.org. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Olfat Mahmoud – Late Night Live – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". web.archive.org. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Welcome to NCCAR". web.archive.org. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Chaker Khazaal – 20to30". web.archive.org. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "عرض فيلم «سكر يافا» في مكتبة بيروت". web.archive.org. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "One week for the release of #ConfessionsOfAWarChild2 (Lia) & I have a secret to share: today, I started #ConfessionsOfAWarChid3 (Sahara). : ChakerKhazaal". web.archive.org. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Tale of Tala". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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