Ibrahim Abdullah Ghuloom
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| Native name | إبراهيم عبد الله غلوم |
| Born | Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Ghuloom Hussein Al-Ahmadi 1952 Al Hidd, Bahrain |
| 💼 Occupation | journalist, Professor of Modern Literary Criticism, Arabic Literature Department, University of Bahrain |
| 🏢 Organization | Bahrain Writers Association |
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Ibrahim Abdullah Ghuloom Hussain Al-Ahmadi (Arabic: إبراهيم عبد الله غلوم حسين الأحمدي, born in 1952) is a Bahraini writer, literary critic, and university professor. He began writing in the early 1970s and has published many studies and works of criticism on short stories, drama, novels, history, and intellectual culture in general. He earned an international doctorate from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Tunis University in 1983, received the King Hamad Order of the Renaissance from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in 2012, a medal honoring creative professionals in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries that year, and the Bahraini Outstanding Book of the Year Award in Modern Criticism.[1]
Ghuloom also teaches modern criticism at the University of Bahrain. He served as Visiting Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Literature at Kuwait University in 1986. He is a member of the Bahrain Writers’ Association and chaired its board of directors for several sessions. He is also a member of the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters of Bahrain and the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity and other humanities organizations in the Gulf and Arab world. He also advises the compilation of the Al-Babtain Dictionary of Arabic Poets in the 18th and 19th Centuries.[2]
Work[edit]
Ghuloom has founded theaters, cultural associations, and local and Arab unions. He promotes cultural projects around the region:
- Founder and editor-in-chief, Kalimat Magazine, 1983, Bahrain Writers’ Association publication
- Founder and editor-in-chief, Humanities Journal, University of Bahrain
- Founder and editor-in-chief, Culture Magazine, University of Bahrain
- Founder and former director, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Bahrain
- Founder and director, Department of Media, Tourism, and Fine Arts, University of Bahrain
- Dean, College of Arts, University of Bahrain
- Acting Dean, Bahrain Teachers’ College, University of Bahrain
- Member, Advisory Board, Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, Kuwait University
- Founder, Bahrain Credit Media Center, College of Arts, University of Bahrain
- Founder, first theatre festival in the Gulf states, and Chairman, Standing Committee of Gulf Theatres, Gulf Cooperation Council
Books and criticism[edit]
- ظواهر التجربة المسرحية في البحرين (“Aspects of the Theatrical Experience in Bahrain,” 1980)
- القصة القصيرة في الخليج العربية – دراسة تحليلية (“Short Stories in the Persian Gulf: An Analytical Study,” 1981)
- رومانسية السخط – مشترك (“Romantic Discontentment: Shared,” 1989): a study of theatre and social change in the Gulf and issues in the intellectual field
- تكوين الممثل المسرحي (“The Making of a Theater Actor,” 1990): a study of the artistic and social origin of dramatic ideals
- الثقافة وإشكالية التواصل الثقافي في مجتمعات الخليج العربي (“Culture and the Problem of Cultural Communication in Arab Gulf societies,” 1991)
- عبد الله الزايد و تأسيس الخطاب الأدبي الحديث (“Abdullah Al Zayed and the Establishment of Modern Literary Discourse,” 1996)
- مسرح إبراهيم العريض (“Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh’s Theater,” 1996)
- المرجعية و الانزياح (“Reference and Displacement,” 1996): a study and history of the beginnings of literary criticism in the Persian Gulf
- الخاصية المنفردة في الخطاب المسرحي (“The Unique Features of Theatrical Discourse,” 1997)
- الثقافة و إنتاج الديموقراطية (“Culture and the Production of Democracy,” 2002)
- منارات كويتية – فهد الدويري (“Fahad Al-Duwairi: The Beacon of Kuwait,” 2003, co-written by Khalid Saud Al-Zaid at the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters)
- إستراتيجية النهوض بالمرأة البحرينية، الرؤية و الركائز، إصدار المجلس الأعلى للمرأة (“The Strategy for the Advancement of Bahraini Women: The Vision and the Pillars,” published by the Bahrain Supreme Council for Women, 2005)
- عالم روائي في القصة القصيرة (“The Fictional World of Short Stories,” 2007)
- المسافة و انتاج الوعي النقدي (“Distance and the Production of Critical Awareness in Parallel Theater,” published by the Arab Image Foundation, Amman/Beirut, 2012)
- بنية الكوميديا الهزلية (“The Structure of an Amusing Comedy,” Arab Image Foundation, Beirut, 2013)
- مسرح القضية الأصلية (“The Original Purpose of Theater,” Arab Image Foundation, Beirut, 2015)
Plays[edit]
- عذابات أحمد بن ماجد (“The Torments of Abdul Majid”), 1991–1992 in Qatar and Baghdad
- الخيول (“The Horses”), 1992, published by his family
- رأيت الذي سوف يحدث (“You See What Will Happen”), 2013 in Bahrain, Doha, and Cairo
- الحديد (“Iron”), published in print
- Several others published in regional magazines
Cultural advocacy[edit]
- Key participant in drafting the Cultural Strategy for GCC States in 1989: Drafted final summary and presented two papers
- Member, Board of Trustees, Al-Babtain Prize Foundation, issuing Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Poets, 1995, Kuwait
- Formulator: National Strategy for the Advancement of Bahraini Women, commissioned by the Bahrain Supreme Council for Women, 2004
- Establishing Bahraini and Arab cultural and theatrical programs and projects
- Member, Advisory Board, Al-Babtain Dictionary of Arabic Poets of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 2008, Kuwait
- Editor, many Arab scientific journals affiliated to organizations and universities
- Editor, many studies of literature, criticism, theater, novels, and folklore
- Judge, many theater festivals and cultural competitions
- Judge, many Arab awards in criticism, literature, fiction, theater, and heritage preservation
- Designed many theater courses and workshops
- Founder, many cultural societies and theater companies
- Participant, hundreds of seminars, conferences, festivals, and forums in Bahrain, the Arab world, and elsewhere
- Supervised and discussed many Master of Arts theses at universities in Bahrain. Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates
- Evaluator, promotions and professorship selection, Gulf and Arab universities including the University of Bahrain
Awards[edit]
- Muharraq Creative Pioneer Award, from Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, 2000
- Outstanding Book Award, Cairo International Book Fair, Bahrain Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Eudcation, for “Culture and the Production of Democracy,” 2003
- King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, 2012
- Creative Arts Medal, GCC Cooperation Council, 2012
- Bahraini Outstanding Book of the Year Award in Modern Criticism, 2013, $50,000 prize
References[edit]
- ↑ "إبراهيم غلوم.. الذكاء والعطاء". Al Bilad (Bahrain). February 19, 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ↑ "سيرة الدكتور إبراهيم عبد الله غلوم". Akhbar Al Khaleej. January 21, 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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