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Hussein Siraj

Died in 2007

Hussein Abdallah Siraj was born in Taif in 1912. Educated in Mecca, then in Jordan, he obtained at Beirut, at the American University, his degree in literature. He wrote in 1932 the first Saudi theatre text, then plays in verse and many serials for Saudi radio. He was director general of the Muslim World League for many years. His complete works appeared in ten volumes in 2005, and he died on 17 February 2007.

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