Marwan Al-Ghafuri

Marwan Ahmed al-Ghafory (, born in 1980) is a Yemeni novelist, writer and cardiologist. He has been based in Germany since 2011. He has published many literary books and was awarded Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work entitled, Layal, (Nights), in 2005. He is known for his political articles. Marwan grew up and studied his basic education in Taiz, Yemen. In 1998 Marwan got a scholarship from the government to pursue higher studies in Egypt. He obtained a bachelor in medicine from Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in 2006. Then he received a master in Cardiovascular Medicine from Cairo University in 2009. He also writes in many local and international newspapers. Al-Khazraji, 2013 Jada’eel Saada, 2014 Taghribet Mansour Al-Araj, 2015.

Awards

Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity for his poetry work, Layal, (Nights), 2005 Dar Naji Nouman Award for his poetry work, Moden fy Na'al El-Mushah, “Cities in Pedestrian Slippers", 2008