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Ibrahim Fawal (born 1933) is a Palestinian-American academic, former professor, and author of the historical novel ''On the Hills of God'', about the experiences of a young Palestinian man during the Nakba, or "catastrophe" of 1948. He currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Fawal was born in Ramallah, Palestine in 1933. He later moved to the United States, where he earned a bachelor's degree from Birmingham-Southern College and a M.A. in film from UCLA. He worked as an assistant to director David Lean during the filming of ''Lawrence of Arabia'' in 1961, before returning to Birmingham, where he became a professor of film and literature at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.〔Garrison, Greg (June 24, 2013) "Retired UAB instructor, Palestinian novelist who worked on 'Lawrence of Arabia,' signs new novel today." ''Birmingham News''〕 In 1996, at the age of 63, Fawal began working on his Ph.D. at Oxford University in England. His thesis, on renowned Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, was published by the British Film Institute and University of California Press in 2001. Fawal's first novel, ''On the Hills of God'', was published in 1998 and tells the story of the Palestinian ''Nakba'', or "catastrophe", through the eyes of a young Palestinian man named Yousif Safi. It was the recipient of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, and has been translated into Arabic and German. ==References== * (Profile of Ibrahim Fawal at the Institute for Middle East Understanding ) * (Ibrahim Fawal: About the Author at NewSouth Books ) * (''Youssef Chahine'' by Ibrahim Fawal at the University of California Press ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ibrahim Fawal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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