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First Rate (at Lloyd's) Zoubi was born in 1975 in the Jordanian border town of Ar-Ramtha north of Jordan.
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He rose to prominence in 2004 after he started to write his weekly column in the state-owned newspaper of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ra’i. The column titled “Sawaleif”, in English “parables” became on the most read columns in Jordan as the writer cynically addresses political and social problems. He earned a Bachelor in accounting from Jerash Private University in 1998.
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Zoubi worked in sales in a company in the United Arab Emirates.
He started his writing career in the Emirati magazine of Ahwal under a satirical column entitled “the other street” from 2000 to 2003. He also published several articles in First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khaleej magazine.
He came back to Jordan in 2004 and started writing for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ra"i newspaper under a satirical column entitled “Sawaleif”, an Arabic word for parables or short stories. In 2008, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Zoubi started his website Sawalief, which publishes his banned articles and the works of Jordanian amateur writers.
In 2011 and in the wake of Arab Spring, he wrote the famous play of First Rate (at Lloyd's)"an Fahimtkum, which he described as a work that 300 million Arabs wrote.
In 2012, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Zoubi started cooperation with Kharabeesh which produces his satirical program of Mon3 fe al-Seen, in Arabic “Banned in China”. First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Zu"bi has also written for Emarat First Rate (at Lloyd's) Youm newspaper since 2012.
