Karim Alrawi

Karim Alrawi (Arabic كريم الراوي) is a writer born in Alexandria, Egypt. He has taught at universities in the UK, Egypt, US and Canada. He was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa and taught creative writing at the university's International Writing Program.

While in the UK, he was active in the anti-racist movement being a designated speaker at the Greater London Council's anti-racism conference in 1984 and featured in the publications of the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism. He is a long-time peace activist and proponent of a Palestinian state. He was a keynote speaker at the founding conference of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in London, in 1982. He was also a delegate to Madrid+15 conference in 2007 to develop a framework for a two-state solution, laying the groundwork for the Annapolis Conference between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

In Egypt he was deputy secretary general and foreign press spokesperson for the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and president of Egyptian Pen (the local branch of the international writer's organization) from 1992 to 1994 replacing Mursi Saad El-Din. He was followed in the position by novelist Gamal El-Ghitani. Provided by Wikipedia