Director General of National Center for Culture & Arts
Lina Attel
Email Address
lina.attel@ncca.org.jo
Phone Number
+962-6-5690292
Address
70th Ibn Al Haitham St, Amman, Jordan
Lina Attel is the Director General of the National Centre for Culture and Arts of the King Hussein Foundation and one of Jordan's leading figures in theatre, drama in education, and cultural development. Since NCCA's establishment in 1987, she has helped build the centre into a national and international platform for performing arts, interactive theatre, youth engagement, and arts-based social development.
Work Experience
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Director General, National Centre for Culture and Arts, King Hussein Foundation, since 1987.
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Founder of the National Interactive Theatre Troupe, established in 1989.
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Director of the annual International Arab Youth Congress since the 1990s.
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Conceived and directed musicals and interactive plays including "Petra Rocks," "Walking the Winds: Arabian Tales," and "Opera Abu Hassan."
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Designed theatre arts curriculum and drama in education guidebooks for educational institutions and the Ministry of Education.
Educational Qualification
Professional Skills
- Al Hussein Medal for Distinction of the First Order for distinguished achievement in theatre, 2000.
- International Prize Grozdanin Kikot for contribution to the development of drama education, 2000.
- Shortlisted/finalist recognition for the Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award, 2017.
- International Prize Grozdanin Kikot for contribution to the development of drama education, 2000.
- Shortlisted/finalist recognition for the Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award, 2017.