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Lina Attel

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Lina Attel
Lina Attel
Personal details
Born1960
Irbid, Jordan
Children3
Parent
Residence(s)Amman, Jordan
Alma materYarmouk University
OccupationActress, Director, Director General of the National Center for Culture and Arts

Lina Attel (born 1960) is a Jordanian actress and director. She has been the Director General of the National Center for Culture and Arts of the King Hussein Foundation since 1987.[1]

Early life and education

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Lina Attel was born in Irbid. Her father is the academic, educator and cultural attaché Ahmad Youssef Al Tal. Attel studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1980, and Business Administration and English Literature at Yarmouk University, from which she graduated in 1983. She as a MA degree from University of South Wales in Theatre in Education.[citation needed]

Career

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Attel started her acting career in 1982, with television and theatre roles in Jordan. She appeared in AlManahel educational children's TV program in 1987. She was Theatre and Drama in Education Specialist at Jordan Ministry of Education.[when?][citation needed]

Attel founded the National Center for Culture & Arts (NCCA), King Hussein Foundation in 1987, and has served as director general of the center since then. She has been the Director of the Annual International Arab Youth Congress since 1994, the Secretary General of the Jordan chapter of the UNESCO organisation International Theatre Institute (ITI), and the President of the International Association of Theater for Children & Young People ASSITEJ since 2004.[citation needed]

She taught drama in education at the University of Jordan and other institutions from 1998 until 2004.[citation needed]

Awards

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Attel was shortlisted for the 2017 Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award, organized by League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) in New York. [2]

• Distinguished Achievement in Performing Arts, Yarmouk University Alumni Club, 2014

• Outstanding Performance & Contribution to Tourism Jordan Award by Jordan Tourism Board, for the Musical "Petra Rocks", 2009 The Ministry of Culture [3]

• Al Hussein Medal of Distinction in the First Order, awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Performing Arts, 2000

• International Prize Grozdanin Kikot, from the Center for Drama Education, Mostar Theater, Bosnia & Herzegovina -Contribution to the Development of Drama Education, 2000

• Silver Award for Musical "Madinat Assawsana", from Cairo International Television & Radio Festival, 1997 Award for Unique Outstanding Services to Arab Children, by Higher Council for Children, UAE, 1997

Filmography

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Television

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Actress

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Title Year Role Refs
Ganbare Genki 1980 Hanan [4]
Tarfah ibn Al-Abd 1982 Salma [5]
Byar AlTay 1984 [6]
Athab 1985 [7]
Jorouh 1986 Noufa [8]
AlManahel 1987 Several roles [9]
Magader 1988 [10]

Theatre

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Actress

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Title Year Role Refs
Alf Hyaka wa Hykaya fi Souk Okaz/ 1985 [11]

Director

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Title Year Role Refs
Petra Rocks 2009 [12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NG and the National Center for Culture & Arts team up to develop the educational process in al Koura".
  2. ^ "Attel shortlisted for international theatre award". 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ "ﻣﺴﺮﺣﻴﺔ - بترا إن حكت - 2009 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  4. ^ "مسلسل - فارس الفتى الشجاع - 1980 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  5. ^ "مسلسل - طرفة بن العبد - 1982 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  6. ^ "مسلسل - بير الطي - 1984 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  7. ^ "مسلسل - عذاب - 1985 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  8. ^ "مسلسل - جروح - 1986 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  9. ^ "مسلسل - المناهل - 1987 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  10. ^ "مسلسل - مقادير ( اه يا المواجيع ) - 1988 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  11. ^ "ﻣﺴﺮﺣﻴﺔ - ألف حكاية وحكاية في سوق عكاظ - 1985 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض".
  12. ^ "لينا التل - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو".