Novelist Marwan Al-Ghafouri's Wife Appeals to Sharjah Ruler to Reveal His Fate After Disappearance in UAE
Sarah Yassin, wife of Yemeni writer and novelist Marwan Al-Ghafouri, appealed to the ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, to intervene to reveal her husband's fate after contact with him was lost this morning while he was on his way to Dubai airport to leave the UAE.
Yassin said in an appeal she published that her husband, who visited Sharjah on an official invitation to participate in the Sharjah International Book Fair, disappeared on his way to the airport. She noted that the airline confirmed he did not board the plane, and Düsseldorf Airport in Germany confirmed he did not arrive.
She added that she had informed the police in Germany and the embassy in the UAE, but she appealed to the ruler of Sharjah to intervene as he was her husband's host, saying she did not want state protection or political intervention, but rather requested his return to his wife and daughters.
She expressed her hope of receiving any news to reassure her about his fate, recalling that Al-Ghafouri had received an invitation to participate in the fair, where Sharjah had previously honored him as a poet about twenty years ago.
Al-Ghafouri had participated in the Sharjah International Book Fair, which began on November 4 and runs until the 15th. During the fair, he signed his novel 'Five Homes for God and a Room for My Grandmother,' published by Dar Al Saqi.
Al-Ghafouri is a Yemeni writer and novelist with literary works published in Arabic, some of which have been translated into other languages. He has also been writing for Yemeni and Arab newspapers and news websites for over twenty years and is followed by hundreds of thousands on social media platforms.
Source: Al-Mahriah Net - Open Sources
