Haidar Haidar (Arabic: حيدر حيدر) is a Syrian writer and novelist. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story His most famous novel is Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr which was banned in several Arab countries, and even resulted in a belated angry reaction from the clerics of al-Azhar upon reprinting in Egypt in the year 2000. Al-Azhar University (pronounced "az-HAR" الأزهر الشريف, "the Noble Azhar" in Egypt, founded in 975 is the chief centre of This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The clerics issued a Fatwa banning the novel, and accused Haidar of heresy and offending Islam. A fatwā (فتوى plural fatāwā فتاوى in the Islamic faith is a religious opinion on Islamic law issued by an Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief especially a religion that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Al-Azhar students staged huge protests against the novel, that eventually led to its confiscation.
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Works
Novels
- Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr (وليمة لأعشاب البحر) A Feast for the Seaweeds, is his first and most famous novel، 1983.
- Maraya an-Nar (مرايا النار) The Mirrors of Fire.
- Az-Zaman al-Muhish (الزمن الموحش) The Desolate Time, 1994.
- 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
- Al-Wamdh (الومض) The flash, 1970.
- Hakaya an-Nawrass al-Muhajir (حكايا النورس المهاجر) Tales of the Migrating Seagull.
- Ghasaq al-Aalihah (غسق الآلهة) The Dusk of Gods, 1994.
- Al-Faiadhan (الفيضان) The Flood.
- At-Tamawujat (التموجات) The Ripples.
Other works
- Awraq al-Manfa (أوراق المنفى) Exile Papers, 1993.
- Olumona (علومنا) Our Sciences.