Hasan Al-Khayer

Hasan al-Khayer (died 1980) ( ar, حسن الخيّر) was a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

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born in

Qardaha Qardaha ( ar, القَرْدَاحَة / ALA-LC: ''Qardāḥah'') is a town in northwestern Syria, in the mountains overlooking the coastal town of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kilmakho to the west, Bustan al-Basha to the southwest, Harf a ...

. He was known for his abomination of sectarianism and for his altruism. He was a candid voice of patriotism. His most famous work is a poem called '' What Do I Say?'' in which he sarcastically and invincibly criticized both the government and soulless and sanctimonious militant terrorists who together crippled life in

in late 1970s and early 1980s. He was kidnapped and killed, in 1980. His body has never been found. This fate made him known by some in the

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

world, as the

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of Arabs. Benevolence and magnanimity are veritable and bona fide traits of Hasan Alkhayer's personality. He campaigned in support of literacy of women in the 1960s and fought against obscurantism throughout his life. He believed that repression is one of the basic causes of cultural retrogression and works only to knit the repressed. 1980 deaths Syrian poets People from Latakia Governorate Syrian Alawites Year of birth missing {{Syria-poet-stub