Podcast From Abu Dhabi - Hall 12
Osama Al Mosallam is a novelist born in Al-Ahsa on March 5, 1977. He grew up in the U.S. and then returned to his city, where he finished his studies. He majored in English and graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Department of English Literature at King Faisal University. He is currently working as a lecturer at the Technical College of Al-Ahsa.
Al Mosallam participated in several Arab and foreign cultural forums, including cultural seminars in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Kuwait, Jeddah and Dammam's Eastern Province Literary Club, as well as all annual book fairs in Egypt and the Gulf countries over the past six years. He was also the first Saudi scholar to be hosted at Arab Culture Week at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris at Sorbonne. He also appeared in numerous television interviews on MBC TV, Al-Ekhbariya TV, Sharjah TV, Ajman TV, Al-Wousta TV and Alghad TV.
Al Mosallam led several training courses on novels in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. So far, he has published 26 novels, some of which are now audiobooks on the application Storytel. Some of his works were also adapted into films, one of which will soon be screened on MBC.
Majed Al-Ghamdi is a writer and media consultant with a PhD in media and communication from Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. He is a media consultant for several agencies and has authored four books on media and communication. He is also a certified trainer on media content and media appearance skills. Al-Ghamdi also hosts the podcast Maharat.