Hanan Qassab Hassan

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Hanan Qassab Hassan
حنان قصاب حسن
BornJanuary 1, 1952
Damascus, Syria.
OccupationWriter, theatre director, academic

Hanan Qassab Hassan (Arabic : حنان قصاب حسن) (b. Damascus, January 1, 1952) is a prominent Syrian writer, theatre director and academic.

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Biography

Hanan's father was the prominent lawyer and writer Najat Qassab Hassan. She holds a PhD in French literature from the University of Paris III. She is currently the dean of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and a professor of Art history at the University of Damascus. She also served as the general secretary of the 2008 Arab Capital of Culture festivity. [1]

Hassan has conducted many studies on drama, performing arts, plastic arts and culture and published in academic revues and periodicals. She works as a consultant and co-ordinator for cultural activities for the Delegation of the European Commission in Syria and the French Cultural Center in Damascus. She is a member of the redaction committee for 2 reviews of drama and plastic arts, published by the Ministry of Culture in Syria. She is also a correspondent and writer for babelMed, a cultural website financed by the European Commission. [2]

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  1. "حيدر حيدر – Page 32 – Discover Syria".
  2. "19.-20. Mai 2006 - Tagung: "Public imageries today" ABSTRACTS - Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Medientheorie". Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2009.