Person

Qarqāš, Mahā

born in Dubai; in 1985 she joined Dubai Radio and Television to pursue her interest in documentaries; directed television programs ; Dubai native; studied Communication, majoring in Radio/Television at the George Washington University, Washington D.C., and, later gained a Masters Degree in the same field from Goldsmiths College, London; returning to Dubai after her studies, she joined Dubai Radio and Television. In a career that spanned over twenty years, she produced and presented radio programs and news reports, and served three years as station director for the popular English FM 92, and another three as Vice President of Dubai Television. But she is best known for her television documentaries; for many years, she produced a cultural television program that consisted of extended features to do with art, culture, nature and unique people and communities from all over the world; left Dubai Television in 2007 and opened Polka Dot, a boutique media agency that specialized in television media campaigns; her first novel, The Sand Fish; her second book, That Other Me, is set in the mid 1990s in Dubai and Cairo