In the wake of the October 2019 protest movement, he wrote his second book, Octobre Liban (Inculte, 2020). Ougarit was awarded the Prix Écrire la Ville in 2020 and the Prix France-Liban of the Association des Écrivains de Langue Française (ADELF) in 2019.īack in Lebanon in 2018, he get involved in the fight against corruption and for a genuine democratic reform. His first novel Ougarit (Inculte, 2019) mixes a political plot with an urban reflection on Dubai and, through it, on the city of the 21st century. As a writer, Camille is interested in psychogeography as a literary device to address contemporary urban issues through literature. As a policy advisor addresses issues related to climate change, environment, political economy, and sustainable urban development. After studying economics and political science in Beirut, Paris and Bologna, Camille Ammoun worked for ten years in Dubai on policies related to urban sustainability and resilience.
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