Ahmed Fagih, PhD

Ahmed Fagih, PhD, is a writer of international standing. His writings include the award-winning trilogy Gardens of the Night and a large body of novels, plays, short story collections, and essays. His dramas have been performed in many countries, and his books are widely read and translated.

He founded and chaired many institutions in his country and abroad, including the position of chairman of the Arab Cultural Trust. He served as the general secretary of the Union of Writers and Artists, the director of the National Institute of Drama and Music. He directed and performed in many plays for the theatre group he founded in Tripoli, The New Theatre.

He served as the head of his country's diplomatic missions in Athens and Bucharest. He is the chairman of the Mizda Heritage Society and was awarded the highest medal in his country, The Grand Al-Fatah Medal.