Curriculum vitae
Born in Damascus, Syria, in February, Constellation of the Fish. Maha passed away on February 2025.
Married to the author Youssef el Khal, now deceased. Two children, a daughter Ward and a son Youssef.
Obtained the Diploma of the Center for Fine Arts, Department of Illustration, at Damascus.
Graduated in Business Administration from the University of Munich, Germany.
- Worked on Syrian Radio and Syrian TV as producer and presenter of cultural programs, including ones about poetry.
- Worked on Lebanese Radio as producer and presenter of cultural programs, including ones about poetry.
- Worked in the Lebanese press as author and illustrator for the magazine Feyrouz.
- Was editor-in-chief of the review Iwan, specialized in the arts and interior decoration.
- Was editor-in-chief of the intellectual, cultural and artistic review Al-Jidar.
- Three publications of poetry, Eshbat al Meleh, Rahil al-Anaser, as-Samt.
- Individual exhibitions: twelve exhibitions, in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Gulf.
- Collective exhibitions: thirty-three exhibitions, in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Gulf.
- Wrote and illustrated books for children.
- Composed songs for children and for adults.
- Participated in the Merbad Festival, Baghdad, and the Al Mahaba Festival, Syria.
- Numerous trophies of honour gained in Lebanon and Syria.
- Order of Merit medal received from Emil Lahoud, President of Lebanon.
- Member of the Lebanese Writers’ Union and of the Syrian Writers’ Union.
- Organized some seventy-seven evenings of poetic readings in Lebanon, Syrian and the Arabian Gulf.
At present without regular employment so as to be free for personal authorship and illustration.
- Now working on a TV drama entitled At-Ta’er al-Maksour.
Address: Kfar Mashoun, near the Naamtallah Hardini Church Edde Jbeil-Byblos, Lebanon
Email: [email protected]
Call: +961 3 348919
