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Karim Alrawi (Arabic كريم الراوي) is a writer born in Alexandria, Egypt. His family emigrated to England then to Canada. Alrawi graduated from University College London and the University of Manchester, England. He gained an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa.〔University of Iowa, The Writing University, Writers, http://thestudio.uiowa.edu/vwu/ucol/mobile/edit/main.php?a_id=161〕 In the UK, after his first full length stage play ''Migrations'' won the prestigious John Whiting Award he became Literary Manager of the Theatre Royal Stratford East and later Resident Writer at the Royal Court Theatre in Central London. He moved to Egypt where he taught in the theatre department of the American University in Cairo. In Egypt his plays were banned by the state censor.〔Karim Alrawi, "Pop Goes the Censor", Writer's Blog, June 3, 2011, http://www.karimalrawi.com/writer/Writers_Blog/Entries/2011/6/3_Pop_goes_the_Censor.html〕〔"The still, small voice within Egypt" Index on Censorship, London, February 1992〕 He was arrested and detained for interrogation by Egyptian State Security about his writings and for his work with the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR).〔"Fear of the Word." Media Guardian, The Guardian newspaper, London, December 20, 1993〕 As a Fulbright International Scholar he moved to the United States. He later took positions as Writer in Residence at Meadow Brook Theatre (MBT) in Michigan and Editor in Chief of ''ARABICA'' magazine,〔Lama Bakri, "Arab-American magazine draws national readership", Detroit News, March 23, 2000, ISSN 1055-2715〕 the leading nationally distributed Arab-American publication〔Jim Dulzo, "Arabica magazine finds lucrative niche", Detroit News, December 20, 2000, ISSN 1055-2715〕 with a certified readership of over 100,000 readers.〔"Arabica magazine Subscriber Profile", John Zogby International, client report, October 2000〕 Subsequently, Alrawi supervised aid and development projects in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, for the Canadian ''Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society'', where he was Director of International Programs, the ''US-Arab Economic Forum'',〔Karim Alrawi, "Interview on Change in Saudi Arabia", Oil & Gas Financial Journal, volume 2, issue 7, September 1, 2005〕 where he was Executive Director and the World Bank as Communications Advisor and Manager of External Affairs for the Middle East and North Africa. Alrawi supervised media and conflict resolution training projects in Nepal and in South-East Asia〔Arthur Weinreb, "Canadian media could use some help too", ''Canada Free Press'', April 5, 2005, http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/media040505.htm〕 and projects to support women-managed community radio stations and a newspaper in Afghanistan,〔Government of Canada, ''Radio Rabi'ah Balkhi gives women a voice in Afghanistan'', http://www.afghanistan.gc.ca/canada-afghanistan/stories-reportages/womenradio-radiofemmes.aspx〕 as well as media training and peacebuilding projects in North Africa and the Middle East〔Karim Alrawi, "interview," ''Internews Newsletter'', http://www.internews.org/newsletters/2003_12/win03_alrawi.htm〕 including Iraq.〔Designs for Independent Media in Iraq, Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research, http://www.stanhopecentre.org/research/designs/participants.shtml〕〔Karim Alrawi, "Media in the New Iraq", ''Arab Reform Bulletin'', Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, January 2004, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2008/08/20/media-in-new-iraq/da〕〔Karim Alrawi Interview, "Politicians threatening Iraq’s press freedom", ''Daily Times'', March 29, 2005, Pakistan, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-3-2005_pg4_13〕 He gave testimony before the US Congress on Human Rights in the Middle East〔Karim Alrawi, "Testimony before the US congress," ''International Journalist Network'', http://ijnet.org/opportunities/internews-middle-east-director-testifies-us-congress〕 and was a member of the Canadian delegation led by Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conference on Good Governance in the Arab World,〔Good Governance for Development in the Arab Countries, http://www.oecd.org/mena/governance/34945764.pdf〕 as well as a member of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Programme on Governance in the Arab Region ((POGAR ), 1999–2005).〔Karim Alrawi, "Media Development (initiative in support of civil society in Iraq)," ''United Nations Development Programme'', July 2004, http://www.iq.undp.org/UploadedFiles/Projects/8f5f4742-6952-4ac1-9775-eb988e0579a3.pdf〕 In January 2011, Alrawi returned to Egypt to join the uprising against the Mubarak dictatorship.〔Patrick Martin, “Defying expectations, Mubarak refuses to step down”, Globe and Mail, Canada, February 10, 2011〕 He participated in civil disobedience actions against the regime and after the fall of the Mubarak dictatorship worked with the EOHR to prepare files on corruption by former officials and politicians for submission to the new state prosecutors office.〔Patrick Martin, "After the trial, the battle begins", Globe and Mail, Canada, August 3, 2011〕 He currently divides his time between the North America and Egypt. ==Awards== Alrawi's fiction, plays and productions have received several awards including: * The HarperCollins Publishers / UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, Canada; * The John Whiting Award, best new stage play, UK; * The Samuel Beckett Award, UK; * Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award, outstanding new stage play, UK; * Festival of Asia Writer's Award (Commonwealth Institute, London), most promising new playwright, UK; * Twice recipient of the Ministry of Culture Theatre and Youth Award, Egypt; * Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, Canada; * National Playwriting Award, Canada; * USA Plays Today Award, USA; * The Free Press Theatre Excellence Award, USA. His children's book ''The Girl Who Lost Her Smile'' was winner of Parents Magazine ''Gold Award 2002'' and was a finalist for the ''Kentucky Bluegrass Book Award'' (Kentucky Students' Choice) 2002.〔Author Awards, Tradewind Books, http://tradewindbooks.com/author-biography&Name=Karim_Alrawi〕 His picture book ''The Mouse Who Saved Egypt'' was listed for the People's Prize in the UK. He has received writer's awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain and from the Canada Council for the Arts. 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「Karim Alrawi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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