Mohammad Al Murr
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Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi (born 1960, Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
) is a short-story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
writer. He has written at least fifteen collections of short stories, and is best known for The Wink of an Eye and Bleeding Heart. He is the head of the Dubai Cultural Council, recently reorganized as the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.
In 2011, Mohammad Al Murr was appointed to the Federal National Council
Federal National Council
The Federal National Council , is the federal authority of the United Arab Emirates formed to represent the general emirati people. The FNC consist of 40 members with advisory tasks in the house of legislative council...
's 15th Chapter as a representative of the Emirate of Dubai, and elected uncontested as Speaker of the FNC.