Muhammad al-Banki

Al-Banki graduated from the College of Arts of the University of Bahrain in 1990, when he began editing the culture column of the local newspaper Al Ayam. After a short time there, he returned to his alma mater to serve as director of its Department of Public Relations and Media. While working there, he edited a series of literary and critical periodicals, ultimately leading to a post as Editor-in-Chief of Al-Watan. Al-Banki worked briefly as an advisor to Minister of Culture Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa. He was appointed Under-Secretary in 2008 and served as such until his death in 2010. ==Publications==

• عبد الله الغذامي والممارسة النقدية والثقافية ("Abdullah Al Ghadami and the Practice of Cultural Criticism"), Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, 2003 • دريدا عربياً: قراءة التفكيك في الفكر النقدي العربي ("Derrida in the Arab World: Reading Deconstruction in Arab Critical Thought"), 2005 • الرواية والمدينة ("The Novel and the City"), Supreme Council of Culture of Egypt, 2008 • الرواية والتاريخ ("The Novel and History"), 2008 ==References==