Hamid Oqabi

Yemen

Hamid Oqabi is a filmmaker and playwright known for his diverse creative activities, participating in the fields of visual arts and poetry, in addition to writing novels and short stories. He has directed ten short films and published 17 novels across 15 books through various publishing houses in Germany, the Maghreb, and Egypt. In the past three years, he has released six poetry works, short story collections, and theatrical texts, and some of his works have been translated into English, German, French, and Italian.
Additionally, Oqabi has written 11 books on film criticism and four books on literary criticism. He has held 11 visual art exhibitions and a photography exhibition in France. A cultural activist, he manages the Arab-European Forum for Cinema and Theater in Paris, where he has organized critical, literary, and artistic seminars since 2018.

Hamid Oqabi is a filmmaker and playwright known for his diverse creative activities, participating in the fields of visual arts and poetry, in addition to writing novels and short stories. He has directed ten short films and published 17 novels published in 15 books through various publishing houses in Germany, the Maghreb, and Egypt. In the past three years, he has released six poetry works, short story collections, and theatrical texts, and some of his works have been translated into English, German, French, and Italian.
Additionally, Oqabi has written 11 books on film criticism and four books on literary criticism. He has held 11 visual art exhibitions and a photography exhibition in France. A cultural activist, he manages the Arab-European Forum for Cinema and Theater in Paris, where he has organized critical, literary, and artistic seminars since 2018.