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Makram Jamil Khoury ( Arabic: مكرم يعقوب خوري, Hebrew: מכרם חורי) is an Israeli-Arab actor, born 30 May 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel.
Makram Khoury is a versatile and acclaimed actor who won the Israel Prize, the highest artistic honor in the country. He has starred in films, TV shows and theatre plays, such as The Taste of Apples Is Red, The West Wing and Laila in Haifa.
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Dr Makram Khoury-Machool is a British-Palestinian academic and the founder of the Cambridge Centre for Palestine Studies (CCPS), a multi-disciplinary research centre that explores Palestine's history, culture, arts and sciences. Learn more about his vision, background and achievements on the CCPS website.
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Khoury was born in 1945 in the al-Shaykh Jarrah section of Jerusalem to a Palestinian Greek Orthodox family. His father, Jamil, was a judge, and his mother was a teacher. The 1948 Arab-Israeli War caused Khoury's family to flee the fighting in Palestine. They ended up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, but five months later they surreptitiously managed ...
Khoury's status as a Palestinian citizen of Israel has affected him personally and professionally. Completely fluent in both Arabic and Hebrew, Khoury often speaks of living in two worlds. In Israel (he lives in Haifa), he is part of the Palestinian Arab minority that lives awkwardly within the Jewish state. Yet in Ramallah, in the West Bank, where...
Name:Makram Khoury (Khuri, Khouri) Birth:1945, Jerusalem, mandatory Palestine Family:Wife, Wadi'a; two daughters, Clara and Rula; one son, Jamil Nationality:Palestinian citizen of Israel Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1963, incomplete B.A. studies
Khoury's skill as an actor is well known in Israel. In 1987 he became the youngest actor ever to receive the Israel Prize, the most prestigious award given by the State of Israel, for his contributions to the dramatic arts. Khoury also was the first Arab ever to receive the award. Internationally, his talent has led him to work alongside several ma...
Makram Khoury's major legacy has been that of a trailblazer for Palestinian stage and cinema actors, especially in the Palestinian Arab sector of Israel. With the rising screen talent of his daughter Clara already evident, and with his son Jamil following in his theatrical footsteps, Khoury may also well be remembered as the patriarch of a Palestin...
Reigeluth, Stuart. "And in My Death I'm Living." al-Ahram Weekly Online(21-27 July 2005). Available from http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/752/cu1.htm. Michael R. Fischbach
Makram J. Khoury is an Israeli Arab, born May 30, 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known Israeli Arab actors.
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Apr 16, 2009 · Their bond is public enough to incur the wrath of a boorish neighbor, Abu Camal (Makram J. Khoury), who sternly admonishes Salma for desecrating the memory and honor of her husband, whose...
