62
Years
Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.
62
Years Old
Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.
Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 5, 1963
Birthplace
Palestine
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