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Mahmoud Muna

The bookseller of Jerusalem

Mahmoud Muna

Short Biography:

Born in Jerusalem and schooled in its refugee camp. Before finishing his studies at Al-Quds University, he was forced to re-located to the UK where he finished his first and second degree in London. He is a computer science graduate, trained communicator and currently known to many as the bookseller of Jerusalem. He helps running the family’s two bookshops; The famous Educational Bookshop and the prestigious Bookshop at the American Colony Hotel. Mahmoud is active in many cultural and literature initiatives, he is also a regular contributor to the media on culture and politics. His interests lie somewhere between culture and identity, behaviors and language- and when Mahmoud is not reading, he is writing for local and international cultural magazines and newspapers. Most recently, Mahmoud was commissioned by Granta to publish the first ever edition of Granta Literature Magazine in Arabic. Mahmoud curated an impressive selection of the most creative, promising and emerging writers from around the Arab world, and honored the magazine by publishing it first Arabic edition from Al-Quds.

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