Hazim Kamaledin

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Hazim Kamaledin (born in Babylon, Iraq in 1954) is a theatre writer, theatre director, translator and novelist.

Life[]

Kamaledin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, Iraq. In the late seventies, Kamaledin fled from Iraq after he had been threatened, arrested and tortured. He also made a satirical play for which he was sentenced to death.^[1] He came to Belgium and became artistic leader of two companies: Woestijn ’93 [Desert '93] and Cactusbloem [Cactus Flower]. Kamaledin was a board member of PEN Flanders from 2016 to 2018.^[2] He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Awards[]

• In 2014 he was pronounced Best Theatre Writer of the Year by the Arabic Theatre Institute.^[3]
• In 2016 his novel 'Desertified Water' was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Books[]

Novels:

• Cabaret, in Arabic (2014) كاباريهت^[4]
• Desertified Water, in Arabic (2016) مياه متصحرة
• Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf, in Nederlands (2016) [1]
• Meadows of Hell, in Arabic (2019) [2]
• The Confusing Episodes of The Lady of The Necrophilia, in Arabic (2020) [3]

Translations:

• Theater, Three monologues for an actor, by Jan Fabre, from Dutch into Arabic (2019) [4]
• Poetry, The Armpits of the Goat, by Annemarie Estor, from Dutch into Arabic (2020) [5]

Theatre productions (as director)[]

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Theatre productions (as author)[]

• Blauw van as (1994-1995)
• Les ombres dans le sable (1995-1996)
• Heupen met hersens (1996-1997)
• Gamma van stilte (1997-1998)
• De uren nul (1998-200)
• Het oog van de dadel (1999-2000)
• Pijnboom (1999-2000)
• Foto's in de storm] (2001-2002)^[5]
• Balling (2003-2004)
• Sherife (2003-2004)
• El Addade (2003-2004)

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