Omar Ghobash

Omar Ghobash

Emirati director, writer and theater actor

Name in Arabic:
عمر غباش
Date of Birth: 1963 ( 63 Year)
Nationality: Emirati
Country of Residence: United Arab Emirates

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Emirati director, writer and theater actor.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of both the “ Social Solidarity Fund for Members of the Dramatists Association ” and the “Takaful Foundation for Artistic Production.”

He started with theater in 1974 at the age of 11, where he participated in acting in “The Play Wow Faq Qaf” and “The Bou Sultan Family and the Thief Play,” after which he presented “The River of Madness Play.”

He served as Director of Noor Dubai Channel and Dubai Arts Works Center between 2000 and 2003, Deputy Director of Sama Dubai Channel , Director of the Drama Department at Dubai Media Incorporated , Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Al Ahli Theater, and an official. Cultural programs on “ Dubai TV ”, and a member of the Board of Directors of the “ Dubai Culture and Arts Authority ”. He was also a senior theater director at the National Media Council , and participated in the founding of the Arab-European Center for Children and Youth Theater, the Deira Cultural Center, the Dubai Al Ahli Theater, the Backstage Magazine, and the Dramatists Association. “In 1994, during which he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors between 1996 and 2007, and Secretary.

He specialized in working in monodramas (one-actor plays), and among the performances he presented were: “Al-Hallaj Alone” and “Darb Al-Khader”, which tells the biography of the late Emirati poet Rashid Al-Khader. He also presented important works to the Emirati theater, including: “The Silence of the Graves” and “ “Ahlam Masoud,” “Shama,” “Waswas,” and “Tawaya.”

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Dramatic Arts in 1988 from Central Washington University in the United States of America.

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