Reda Mansour

Reda Mansour (Arabic: رضا منصور; Hebrew רדא מנצור; * 1965 in Isfiya, Israel) is an Israeli poet, historian and diplomat. He published three volumes of poetry in Hebrew and was awarded the Miller Award from the University of Haifa Miller Award as well as a state scholarship for young writers.

Life

Mansour was born in a Druze village in northern Israel. He is a Ph. D. candidate at Middle East History Department of the University of Haifa and a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard ). He studied Spanish at the University of Salamanca.

Reda Mansour visited in Haifa, the Leo Baeck Education Center and studied at the Technion University. During this time he was active in various organizations whose aim is to intercultural understanding.

He is the first non-Jewish writer in Israel, who writes exclusively in Hebrew. His short story " Jumblat in the Negev " received an award from the newspaper " Haaretz ". He has also participated in poetry festivals in numerous countries.

Tender Leafs of Conscience

This collection of poems in Hebrew, he wrote in the years 1998 to 2002 in various countries. The poems are about nature and its influence on people. He thereby combining the Arab and Jewish traditions with influences of American literature.

Diplomatic career and political activities

Already with 35 years was Mansour, who speaks five languages ​​, Israeli Ambassador to Ecuador. Previously, staff of the Israeli Embassy in Portugal and consul in San Francisco. He is currently the Consul General for the Southeastern United States in Atlanta.

Reda Mansour continues in Israel in numerous non-governmental organizations for the promotion of dialogue between Arabs and Jews. He maintains contacts with moderate Muslim leaders in Europe with the aim of condemnation of Islamism, terrorism and anti-Semitism.

• Author
• Consul
• Israeli Ambassador
• Israeli
• Born in 1965
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