Marwan G. Najjar

Marwan Georges Najjar (Arabic: مروان جورج نجار; 2 January 1947 – 14 February 2023) was a Lebanese scriptwriter and producer.^[1][2]

Marwan Najjar
Najjar in 2022
Born	Marwan Georges Najjar (1947-01-02)2 January 1947 Beirut, Lebanon
Died	14 February 2023(2023-02-14) (aged 76) Bishmezzine, Koura District, Lebanon
Education	American University of Beirut
Occupations	Scriptwriter producer

Early life and education

Najjar graduated with a degree in comparative literature and education from the American University of Beirut in 1969.^[3][4] Later, he completed his post-graduate studies at the same university.^[5]

Career

In 1970, he collaborated with Kifah Fakhoury and created a musical show named AUB 1910 while studying at the university.^[4]

Najjar started his professional career as a cultural journalist and worked for Ousbouh el-Arabi (Arab Week) and al-Diyar magazine.^[5] Later, in 1977, he changed his career and joined television when he met television star Hind Abillamah and her husband Antoine Rémy.^[5][4] With their help, he transitioned his career and wrote his first series, Diala in 1978.^[5][4] He continued work in his new chosen career. His educational urge compelled him to work for a notable quiz show of his time, Al Moutafawikoun.^[4]

His work slowly shifted towards comedy and in 1982 he worked on the Lebanese version of Georges Feydeau's La Puce à l’Oreille (Le3ib el Far) or A Flee (sic) in Her Ear.^[4]

Consequently, he founded Marwan Najjar's Theatre Company which produced plays for twenty-three consecutive years performing more than 20 plays.^[4]

In the 1990s, he returned to television along with his ongoing career in theatre and worked on family titles such as Match-Seekers (Talbeen el Orb) and A Glimpse of Love (Lam7it hob).^[4]

In 2001 he launched his first movie Mechwar The Journey starring actor Yorgo Chalhoub, followed the next year by Fall for me A7ebini^[6] starring Viviane Antonios and Badih Abou Chakra.

In 2004, his movie Summer Breeze Nasmat Sayf was released.^[7]

Personal life and death

Marwan Najjar was a brother of Souheil, Dr. Walid, and Ramsay G. Najjar.^[3]

Najjar died on 14 February 2023, at the age of 76.^[8]

Filmography

Marwan Najjar has worked on the following titles:^[9]

For TV

• Diala (1978)
• Sami Maseh al ahziya - Sami the shoe shine (1978)
• Al Chafak - Twilight (1981)
• Basmat al Takhalli - The Smile of Desertion (1984)^[10]
• Istaz Mandour - Professor Mandour (1985)^[11]
• Zawj el Anissa - The Miss's Husband (1985)^[12]
• Rehlat Al Omor - The Journey of a Lifetime (1985)^[13]
• Fares Ibn Em Fares (1987)
• Harreef w Zareef - Cute and Clever (1994)
• Tijaraton aan Taradin - Consensual Trade (1995)
• Talbeen el Orb - Match-seekers (1997))^[3]
• Men aha Byout Rass Beirut - Best homes of Ras Beirut (2001)^[3]
• Bent el Hay - Neighborhood's Daughter (2001)
• Lamhet Hobb - Love Glimpse (2002)
• Myriana (2003)^[3]
• Hassad el Mawassem - Harvest Seasons (2002)
• Sarit Maeh - Happened Indeed (2004)^[4]
• Hello Adar - March's dream (2006)
• Al Taghiya - The Tyrant (2007)^[14]
• That w Nabat - Happy ever after (2009)
• Mouaabad - Sentenced for life (2009)