Haidar Haidar
Haidar Haidar (Arabic: حيدر حيدر) (born 1936 in Husayn al-Baher) is a Syrian writer and novelist.
His novel Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr was banned in several Arab countries, and even resulted in a belated angry reaction from the clerics of Al-Azhar University upon reprinting in Egypt in the year 2000. The clerics issued a Fatwa banning the novel, and accused Haidar of heresy and offending Islam. Al-Azhar University students staged huge protests against the novel, that eventually led to its confiscation.[1][2][3][4]
Works[]
Novels[]
- Al-Fahd (الفهد) The Cheetah, 1968.
- Az-Zaman al-Muhish (الزمن الموحش) The Desolate Time, 1973.
- Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr (وليمة لأعشاب البحر) A Feast for the Seaweeds, 1983.
- Maraya an-Nar (مرايا النار) The Mirrors of Fire.
- Shumous al-Ghajar (شموس الغجر) The Suns of Gypsies, 1996.
- Haql Urjuwan (حقل أرجوان) A Field of Purple, 2000.
- Marathi al-Ayyam (مراثي الأيام), The Elegies of Days, 2001.
Short stories[]
- Hakaya an-Nawrass al-Muhajir (حكايا النورس المهاجر) Tales of the Migrating Seagull, 1968.
- Al-Wamdh (الومض) The flash, 1970.
- Al-Faiadhan (الفيضان) The Flood, 1975.
- Al-Wu'ul (الوعول) The Ibecis, 1978.
- At-Tamawujat (التموجات) The Ripples, 1982.
- Ghasaq al-Aalihah (غسق الآلهة) The Dusk of Gods, 1994.
Other works[]
- Capucci (كبوتشي) biography of Capucci, 1978.
- Awraq al-Manfa (أوراق المنفى) Exile Papers, 1993.
- Olumona (علومنا) Our Sciences.
References[]
- ^ Off the shelf -- and then where? Archived 2012-04-21 at WebCite. Al-Ahram. 7 February 2001
- ^ Egypt censors book fair[permanent dead link]. AFP 29 January 2008
- ^ Book fair opens amid controversy. Heba Sala, BBC 25 January 2001
- ^ Cairo book protesters released. BBC 12 May 2000
- Haidar Haidar’s ‘Banquet for Seaweed’ Attempts Balancing Act. MAHMOUD SAEED. Al Jadid, Vol. 6, no. 31 (Spring 2000)
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