Fathi El-Areibi : Libyan artist & writer

Fathi El-Areibi

Birth date : Sunday Morning of March 15. 1942 Birth place : Al Saabri (suburb of Benghazi)Telephone number : 218-61-2230185P.O. Box 486 : Benghazi - LibyaEmail : fabigraph@yahoo.com

Biography

From 1964 to 1968 Mr. El Areibi worked as a photojournalist for Al Haqeeqa newspaper in Benghazi and for Broadcast and Libya Al Hadeetha in Tripoli.
Then shifted his career to become a documentary and news cinematographer for the Photo Magazine in Benghazi.
When the Libyan television began it’s broadcast in 1968, Mr. El Areibi became the director of the cinema department.
In June of 1969 Mr. El Areibi was sent to study cinematography at the prestigious ARRI a Germany company who’s famous for making Arriflex the best film cameras in the world. During his long career Mr. El Areibi participated in more than 50 Light & Photography shows and exhibits inside Libya and in Rome, Athens, Valetta, Paris, London, Damascus, Baghdad, Alexandria, and Cairo. His first exhibits were at Al Najma Football (soccer) club.
Mr. El Areibi wrote many articles and published a documented photos for major Libyan, Egyptian, and Lebanese publications such as: Al Bait, Al Maraia, & No magazines, also in newspapers such as: Al Fatah, Al Zahaf Al Akhdar, Benghazi News, The Conference, Al Majal, Akhbar Al Adab (Egypt), The Art of Photography (Beirut-Lebanon).
In 1985 Mr. El Areibi thought radio and television production at University of Gar Younis in Benghazi and in 1997 thought photography at the Art High school in Benghazi.. At the present time Mr. El Areibi is active writing and photographs for several magazines & newspapers such as: Al Thaqafa Al Arabia (Benghazi monthly), Broadcast magazine (Tripoli monthly), Al Jamahiria newspaper (Tripoli daily), Al Shams (Tripoli daily).


As a writer & director

Mr. El Areibi wrote and directed the following short subject films:(1)- Just Dreams – 1971(2)- Clock’s ticks – 1972(3)- The Children are Children – 1972(4)- The Comb & the Honey – 1973(5)- Return to Beisaan – 1974(6)- The Structure – 1975(7)- Mirror’s dimensions - Educational 1987

Radio educational programs directed & produced by Mr. El Areibi;

(1)- Recording tape (1981-1985) – 30 minutes weekly program, introduced his daughter Amal & others (150 episodes) won best photographed program of 1986
(2)- Sketches with dimensions (for Benghazi local radio) 1997 – 15 minutes daily (65 episodes) – Produced by Nabil El Areibi

Unions and Guilds:

(1)- Libyan writers Union – Benghazi(2)- Libyan Artists Union – Benghazi(3)- Photographers & painters Union - Benghazi(4)- Journalists Union – Benghazi(5)- Camera Club – London(6)- Maltese Photographers Group – Valetta(7)- Art of Photography Club – Damascus(8)- Iraqi Photographers Group – Baghdad(9) (- Alexandria Camera Club – Alexandria10)- Egyptian Photographers Club – Cairo

Cinematography & photography books written by Mr. El Areibi:

(1)- The Single Audience (Cinema + 95 photos) 1975 – Jeel Wa Resala magazine number 15.(2)- Directory to Art of Photography – 1998 – Dar Al Jamahiria publication - Misurata.(3)- Directory of Photography Equipment – 1998 - Dar Al Jamahiria publication – Misurata.(4)- History of War Photography – 1998 - Dar Al Jamahiria publication – Misurata.

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