Background
He was born in the Jordanian town of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Jafour near the border city of Mafraq in 1945.
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Fakhri Qawar
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Education
He was educated in Jerusalem and received the General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi) from the Ibrahimieh College in Jerusalem in 1964.
Career
He later enrolled in Beirut Arab University to earn a Bachelor in Arabic Language and Literature in 1971. Qawar worked upon graduation as a teacher in several private schools in each of Zarqa and Amman. He also worked at Yarmouk University in Irbid for several months in mid-1970s.
The Prime Minister at the time, Mudar Badran, dismissed Qawar from his post after the latter published an article entitled "Amman fi el-Qalb" Amman is in the heart" in the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ra"i newspaper.
Qawar joined the Jordanian Writers Associations since it was established in 1974. He was elected a chairman of the Association for four rounds and was the editor in chief of Awaraq Magazine issued by the Association.
He was also the editor in chief of Wisam children magazine in mid-1980s. In 1992, Qawar was elected the General Secretary of the Arab Writers Union in the conference that was held in Amman, he was re-elected for the same position in 1995.
Qawar wrote the script of one of the earliest comedy television soap-operas in Jordan called " The Dairies of Farhan Sa"eed Farhan".
He also wrote the script for a popular satirical radio program called "Dar Abu Warrad", or the house of Abu Warrad in mid-1990s, in addition to another program called "Kol Youm Hikya or A story for everyday. In 2009, Greater Amman Municipality published Qawar"s satirical works in one volume. "Satire for Qawar is not merely aimed to rise laughter, but rather a structure based on a form of the artistic discrepancy," Nabeel Haddad, a Jordanian academic and literary critic said about Qawar"s collection.
Membership
Qawar joined the Jordanian Writers Associations since it was established in 1974. He was elected a chairman of the Association for four rounds and was the editor in chief of Awaraq Magazine issued by the Association.
He was also the editor in chief of Wisam children magazine in mid-1980s. In 1992, Qawar was elected the General Secretary of the Arab Writers Union in the conference that was held in Amman, he was re-elected for the same position in 1995.
