Novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Yousri Alghoul (Palestinian Territories) has published two novels and six collection of short stories. He received the 2002 Short Story Award from the Ministry of Culture. Alghoul is a member of the Palestinian Writers’ Union and is a committee member at the YMCA-Gaza and a number of civil society organizations.
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