Khalifa al-Arifi

Khalifa al-Arifi (, born 1946) is a Bahraini actor, director, and writer, considered one of the pioneers of theatre in Bahrain. He helped found many institutions, including the Bahrain Writers’ Association, the Awal Theater, and the Bahrain National Cultural Forum. He also wrote short stories and novels, in addition to stage and television screenplays, and he directed extensively. Short stories

+ Short stories Publishing date Publication Title April 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "دموع اليتيم" (“Orphan’s Tears”) September 28, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "رحلة العمر" (“Trip of a Lifetime”) September 28, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "الابتسامة لن تغيب" (“The Smile Will Not Be Lost”) November 16, 1967 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "البقعة السوداء" (“Black Spot”) July 18, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "عذاب لا ينتهي" (“Endless Torment”) August 8, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "السجين" (“The Prisoner”) September 5, 1968 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ثرثرة خلف جدار الصمت" (“Gossip Behind a Wall of Silence”) July 17, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "الشحات والغوص الجديد" (“Scarcity and New Diving”) August 21, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ذات ليلة من ليالي الأرق" (“One of the Sleepless Nights”) September 25, 1969 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "ضياع في ليل الجواري" (“Lost Amid the Night Slaves”) June 18, 1970 Al-Adwaa (newspaper) "بداية الطريق" (“Start of the Road”) 1971 9 أصوات في القصة البحرينية الحديثة (“9 Voices in the Modern Bahraini Short Story,” Beirut: Arab Institute for Research & Publishing) "سيرة الجوع والصمت" (“The Story of Hunger and Wisdom”) October 26, 1971 Sada al-Usbu (newspaper) "آه يا مرفأ الأمان" (“Oh, Safe Harbor”) February 21, 1972 New Society (magazine) "الوجه الذي تأكله الديدان" (“The Face Worms Eat”) April 1974 Al Bayan (magazine) "الدخول في الدائرة" (“Entering the Circle”) April 1975 Iraqi Pens (magazine): Issue 7 "خيط من الدم" (“Thread of Blood”) September 1978 Hana Bahrain (magazine) "ذكرى لم تنته" (“The Memory Is Not Over”) Direction Radio series جري الوحوش (“Running Monsters”) ملاذ الطير (“Malath al-Tair) الوهم (“Illusion”) TV series + Direction filmography Title Year Wall of Memories (special) 1979 Rhelat El-Ajaayeb 1990 Another Girl 1993 My Ayawid File 1995 Hassan and Nour Al-Sana 1995 Tales of the Sea 1997 Jannoun Al Layl 2006 Sinbad bin Hareb 2010 Fairy Tales from the Gulf 2016