Damascus-Sana
The Council of the New Arab Writers Union elected the researcher Dr. Muhammad Al-Hourani as president of the union and poet Tawfiq Ahmed as its deputy.
The members of the Council also elected the members of the new executive office, namely, Dr. Jihad Bikfalouni, Dr. Farouk Salim, the researcher Al-Arqam Al-Zoubi, the poet Munir Al-Khalaf, the literary Falak Hosarya, the writer Riad Tabra and Dr. Jaber Salman.
The president-elect of the union, Dr. Al-Hourani, said in a statement to SANA that the next phase will be the title of cooperation between all colleagues in the executive office and in the Writers Union, with the aim of strengthening the role of intellectuals in confronting the conspiracy schemes on the culture and the Syrian Arab identity, considering that the confidence that the executive office has gained will lead to fruitful cooperation .
Mohammed Khaled Al-Khader