A playwright cultural activist, who works as a trainer in topics related to the field of culturewith many organizations. He has taken part in many projects focusing on writing, particularlyfor theatre, organized by both Syrian international organizations, co-organized“Miniatures: A Month for Syria”, in collaboration with Shams Association in April 2013, “Agora: Platform for Theatre Labs”, in collaboration with Hananne Hajj Ali in January 2014, bothof which took place in Beirut.A regular participant at conferences forums on culture art. He has also collaborated with artorganizations such as Lift- The UK, the Lark- USA and the Royal Court- The UK.He has published and directed several plays, including Mrs Ghada’s Pain Threshold in Beirut,and was a member of the selection committee for Arab Contemporary Dramaturgy(organized by IEVP 2012) where he was entrusted with selecting nine Arabic texts to bepublished in French. He was also part of the project An Enemy of the People and Pillars ofSociety: the Tragedy of the Individual", produced by the Ibsen Conference in 2014 in Norway, incollaboration with Zoukak Theatre Company.Abdullah was awarded first place in the 19 th Mohammad Teymour Competition for TheatricalCreativity for his text “Damascus - Aleppo”, which was also shortlisted as a finalist in the BBCCompetition for Best Translated Work in 2008. He is a founding member and ExecutiveManager of Ettijahat- Independent Culture. Abdullah graduated in Theatrical Studies from theHigh Institute of Dramatic Arts, Damascus, 2004 and completed his Master’s study and PhD at Saint Joseph University, Beirut.