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Morad Daoud

Syrian writer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ42205043
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Morad Daoud (born 2 August 1960, Salamyieh) is a Syrian writer and sculptor.

Early life

He obtained a vocational secondary certificate in industrial electricity. He worked as a staff member of the Defense Industries Corporation until his retirement in 2011, where he completed his literary work and sculpture. He is married and has three sons.

Artistic career

He finished his first novel (A Confession of an important man) in 2005, and published it in 2008. In 2010, he published two novels, The Hasty and The Dreams Continue.

In 2011 he published a police novel Folding claws. In 2014 he finished his story collection (al-Ghawader) and the novel Half-Night tales.

He said, [coming from history] to tell what happened through the notes of a louse which visited the heads of several of them and encountered in the trail, and was punctuated by some stories during a session of serenity with those we love late night "Half-Night tales". As well as those greetings to Aleppo steadfast with sculptures of life wood."

Exhibitions

He participated in several art exhibitions showing his wood sculptures:

Exhibition "Greetings to Munther Shehawi" held at the Friends of Salamyieh Society.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Morad Daoud” as syrian writer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 2011, 2005, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-08-02. The account is most persuasive where Morad, Daoud and Syrian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as syrian writer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q42205043. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960, 2011, 2005 and 2008.

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