Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi | |
Office: | President of the Federal National Council |
Predecessor: | Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair |
Successor: | Amal Al Qubaisi |
Term Start: | 15 November 2011 |
Term End: | 18 November 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1955 |
Birth Place: | Dubai |
Occupation: | Short story writer |
Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi (born 1955 in Dubai) is a short-story writer from the United Arab Emirates.
He has published over 15 volumes of short stories and has had two collections translated into English: Dubai Tales and The Wink of the Mona Lisa.[1]
Al Murr graduated from Syracuse University in the United States, and has been a member of a number of UAE academic institutions and councils.[2] He is the head of the Dubai Cultural Council, recently reorganized as the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.
In 2011 Al Murr was appointed to the Federal National Council's 15th Chapter as a representative of the Emirate of Dubai, and elected uncontested as Speaker.[3] He served as the speaker from 2011 to 2015.[4]