Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh

Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh is an advisor at the UAE Presidential Court. Born in Jerusalem and educated in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom before settling in Abu Dhabi, Zaki Nusseibeh began his career there as a journalist in 1967. He became Director of Information in the Abu Dhabi, then the UAE, Ministry of Information, editing its first official newspapers. He also worked as a broadcaster and programme producer and helped in developing Abu Dhabi’s broadcasting and media services. He is a Director on a number of Boards including Abu Dhabi Centre for Documentation and Research, the Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, the Emirates National School, the Permanent Higher Executive Committee of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, and the Board of Trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Mr Nusseibeh has published translations of Gulf and Arab poetry.