Karim El-Koussa
 Zgharta-Ehden, Lebanon Email: karim@ehden.com
Home page: http://www.el-koussa.zgharta.com
Yahoo: karim_elkoussa
I was born in 1971, in the mountains of Northern Lebanon. It was in Ehden, a town claimed to be, by many historians, as the garden itself, the beginning of civilization. I grew up in there during the summer, and when it came time for winter, I and my family would move down to the warmer Zgharta.
Abou Rico, as my friends call me, graduated from Carmelia High School in 1989 with a Bacc. II Diploma in Exp- Sciences. A few years later, I left Notre Dame University with a BA in Advertising & Marketing Communications.
In 1994, I became a member of FOHE (Friends of Horsh [forest] Ehden).
REFLECTING UNITAS, my first book, was written between the summer of 1994 till the summer of 1996. It was released shortly after that same year in October. The initial book caused a lot of controversy, especially in the very conservative Christian town of Zgharta.
That didn’t stop me. My first book was an objective essay that didn’t appeal to the masses. I started working on something that did; a story with symbolic meaning.
BLOOMING PLANES was the result. In the summer of 1998, a second work was released.
PYTHAGORAS THE MATHEMAGICIAN was my third book, released in 2001, and won the "Said Akl Prize".
MYSTERY of the ALPHABET was my 4th book, and it shows the real authentic tradition of the Kabala.
Other than writing books, I worked as editor of Al Rahala, a magazine that dealt with many intellectual issues, such as science and religion, theosophy, history and geography. I write in three languages, English, French and Arabic, a tri-lingual characteristic many Lebanese hold.
I am now a member of the Society of Authors (UK)
Interests: I'm interested in writing esoteric, philosophical and historical novels.
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: No |
