title: Issa Makhlouf
text: # Issa Makhlouf
  
  Issa Makhlouf (Arabic: عيسى مخلوف) is a Lebanese writer and poet who lives in Paris where he is currently the News Director at Radio Orient. He obtained a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology at the Sorbonne and was professor at the University (E.S.I.T.) Paris III. Makhlouf also was a special UN Counsellor of Cultural and Social Affairs in the 61st session of the General Assembly (2006–2007).
  
  ## Partial bibliography
  
  * A Star Slowed Down in Front of Death (نجمة أمام الموت أبطأت), Ed. An-Nahar, Beirut 1981.
  * Beyrut or the Fascination of Death (بيروت أو الافتتان بالموت), essay, Passion, Paris, 1988
  * The Loneliness of Gold (عزلة الذهب), ed. Al-Jadid, Beyrouth, 1992
  * Distractions (هيامات), ed. André Biren, Paris, 1993
  * The Eye of the Mirage (عين السراب), ed. An-Nahar, Beyrouth, 2000
  * Mirages, éditions José Corti, Paris, 2004
  * (Letter to the Two Sisters(Lettre aux deux sœurs), ed. José Corti, 2008
  * A City in the Sky, Ed. Attanwir, Beirut, 2012
  
  ### Sources
  
  (in French, English, Spanish, and Arabic) Official Website
  
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