Alsayed Agazayerli

He participated in many poetry evenings, in a number of jury committees for Fine Arts exhibitions, poetry and literature competitions, and in many seminars and cultural events that were held in academic and cultural institutions, including: the College of Art Education at King Saud University, the King Fahd Cultural Center, the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Culture and media, the Saudi Society for Culture and Arts, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He worked at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Riyadh, and the Riyadh International Book Fair. He also participated in a series of television episodes for various channels in the fields of: media, criticism, Fine arts, theater, and the cultural affairs in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He supervised the organization of a large number of events and cultural activities at the Egyptian Cultural Center in Riyadh since 1998 until now. He recorded daily poetry sessions for a number of radio programs in Saudi Arabia. He prepared and presented the “Cultural Spectra” TV program on the Saudi TV family channel.

Alsayed Agazayerli (Arabic: السيد الجزايرلي) is an Egyptian poet, writer and journalist who has been working in the Saudi press since 1994. He is a member of the Egyptian Writers Union. He has critical contributions in poetry, fiction, narration, theatre, cinema, and fine arts.

Agazayerli was born on September 18, 1967, in the Kafr El-Sheikh governorate before moving to Alexandria in the late eighties and engaging in cultural life there. He has started publishing his poems and literature and critical writings since 1986  in many Egyptian and Arab cultural magazines, most notably: ("Poetry" - "Ibdaa" - "New Culture" - "Al-Bayan" - "Al-Rafid" - "Bahrain" - "Al-Muntada"), and in many newspapers, most notably: ("Al-Ahram" - "Al-Jumhuriya" - "Al-Masaa" - “Akhbar Al-Adab” - “Al-Hayat” - “Asharq Al-Awsat” - “Riyadh” - Al-Madina...). During his work experience in the Saudi press, he worked for Al-Jazeera newspaper and Al-Youm newspaper. He managed a number of monthly and weekly magazines, where he worked as editor-in-chief and managing external offices in “Rotana” magazine, director of specialized publishing at Angham Publishing House, director of editorial at “Al-Mumayzon VIP” magazine, editor-in-chief at “Leilat Khamis” magazine, and editorial director in “Al Barez" magazine, and Director of the Media Consulting Project. Moreover, he worked as a supervisor of the Publications Unit in the General Department of Information and Relations at the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (currently the Saudi Ministry of Tourism) from 2008 to 2021 and has been working since January 2021 at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.