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Hasib Kayali

Died in 1993

Hasib Kayali was born in Idlib in 1921, did his secondary studies in Aleppo and obtained a law degree in Damascus in 1947. He published his first stories from the mid-forties, lived by literary journalism, and worked for the drama section of the radio, then for state radio and television until 1981. With his elder brother, who presided over it, he took part in founding the league of Syrian writers. In retirement he settled in Dubai, where he vetted the television's texts; he died there in 1993 and is buried in the al-Quz cemetery.

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