Zakaria Tamer
Born and brought up in Damascus - Zakaria was the editor-in-chief of Al Mawqef Al Arabi, Al Mawqef Al Adabi, Osama, Al Ma'arifa, Rafea and many other Syrian magazines. In 1981, he migrated to Britain and continued his literary career in the London.
He is the recipient of several awards, and many of his works have been translated into French, Russian, English, German, Italian, Bulgarian, Spanish and Serbian