Ahmed Al Ali is a Saudi poet, editor, translator, and publishing expert. He earned his MS degree in Publishing from Pace University in NYC and was a trainee at Knopf (Penguin Random House) under the supervision of its editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta. He is the author of four books including Lavender, Hotel California and As Bob Marley Sings. He has translated many international titles into Arabic, including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Paul Auster’s The Invention of Solitude, and Elif Shafak’s Black Milk. As Managing Editor at Kalimat Group’s fiction imprint, he introduced to the Arab world James Baldwin, Raymond Carver, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, John Ashbery, Ali Smith, Michael Ondaatje, John Banville, Claire Messud, and many more. He was appointed Managing Editor of Sharjah World Book Capital Publications in 2019–2020.
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS
- Guest poet at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, 2022
- Guest speaker at the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre program at Expo 2020 Dubai, 2021
- Guest speaker at the British Council/ New Writing North program at Expo 2020 Dubai, 2021
- A founding member of the newly established Saudi Publishers Association, 2021
- Guest speaker at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature panel: Translators Going Global, 2021
- Member of the judges committee in Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature, 2020.
- Guest speaker at the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi panel: The Future of Literature, 2019
- Guest poet at the Spring of Culture in Bahrain, 2019
- Leading Translation Trainer at the British Council/ Sharjah World Book Capital / UNESCO Project: Tarjem Workshop, 2019
- Organizer at the 1001 Titles Initiative/ Sharjah World Book Capital/ UNESCO project: Creative Writing Retreat, 2019
- Member of Sharjah World Book Capital/ UNESCO projects team, 2019
- Among Emirates’ guests of honor at Riyadh International Book Fair, 2018
- Frankfurt International Book Fair, 2016, 2017, 2018
- London International Book Fair, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Jeddah International Book Fair Invitee, 2016
- New York Comic Con Invitee, 2015
- Riyadh International Book Fair Invitee, 2014
- Riyadh International Book Fair Invitee, 2013
- Saudi Intellectuals Forum invitee, 2011
- Member of the Saudi Eastern Province Literary Club, Events’ Organizer, 2011-2012
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