Khairy Alzahaby ( ar, خيري الذهبي;11 January 1946 – 4 July 2022) was a Syrian novelist, thinker, historian, columnist, and

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Biography

Alzahaby was born in

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, Syria, on 11 January 1946. He headed to Egypt in the early sixties to pursue his high study at the

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

. He graduated with a degree in Arabic literature and was educated by writers such as

Taha Hussein Taha Hussein (, ar, طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Nahda, Egyptian Renaissance and the modernism, modernist movem ...

and

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...

. Politically he was always opposed to the regime in Syria, which made him face severe difficulties in his work and his life. He was one of the supporters of the

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. He was prevented from traveling, withdrew his passport, was fired from his job as a result of his political activity and signed statements against

Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1 ...

's regime in 1991. He sided with the 2011 revolution in Syria against the regime, and then left the country to Egypt and then to the UAE and then Jordan and then Europe. He was an independent

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political social activist, wrote more than 1000 articles in Arab newspapers, and lectured in many cities around the world such as Paris,

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Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

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, Damascus,

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, Algeria and

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. Dozens of doctoral dissertations on his work have been written. He died on 4 July 2022, at the age of 76.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Malakoot Albusataa –'' novel ''–'' 1975 –

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. *''Bird of the wonder days –'' novel ''–'' 1977 – Damascus. *''Arabian nights –'' novel – 1980 –

. *''These roofs of jubata'' – 1982 – the prize of children literature. *''Alshater Hasan'' – novel – 1982 – Damascus. *''The other city'' ''–'' novel – 1983 – Damascus. *''Metamorphosis –'' trilogy: **1 – ''Haseeba –'' novel – 1987. It was converted into a film and a television series **2 – ''Fayyad'' ''–'' novel – 1991 **3 – ''Hisham'' ''–'' novel – 1993 *''The over shouldered grandfather''..STORIES. 1992 *''Training on horrifying''..STUDIES. 2004. Damascus. *''The trap of names''..NOVEL. 2009. Beirut *''If her name was not Fatima''..NOVEL ..2005

*''The aspirations of Yaseen''..NOVEL.2006.. Beirut *''The last dance of the acrobat''..NOVEL.. 2008. Damascus. *''The sixth finger'' 2013. first edition Cairo ،second and third edition Damascus "sard pub" 2013 * lectures in search for the novel.. studies.. RAM ALLAH..2017. * the secret library and the general..2018.

2018 * 300 days in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

.. 300 يوم في إسرائيل .."almwtawaset pub" ..Rome. ibn batuta prize. 2019 * The Lost Paradise, a novel, Dar Al-Fikr, Beirut, 202

* Matches near a dry field, thought studies, United Arab Emirates, 2022

TV scripts, drama

* 1-Malakoot Albusataa....ملكوت البسطاء * 2-Al shuttar... الشطار * 3-The bird of the wonder days....طائر الأيام * 4-The beast and the lamp

Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...

.... الوحش والمصباح تيمور لنك * 5-Abu Hayyan Attawheedy.... ابو حيان التوحيدي * 6-Building 22....البناء 22 * 7-For you Damascus..1989..لك يا شام * 8-Claws of Jasmin....مخالب الياسمين * 9-A rose for the autumn of the age... وردة لخريف العمر * 10-The dance of birds..1999.. رقصة الحبارى * 11-Haseeba (also turned into a cinema movie)..2006.. حسيبة * 12-The prince of dreams ..2009 (Ibn almutazz)....ابن المعتز * 13-

Abu Khalil Qabbani Abu Khalil Qabbani ( ar, أبو خليل القباني / ALA-LC: ''Abū Khalīl al-Qabbānī''; 1835–1902) was a Syrian playwright and composer of Turkish origin. He is considered to be the founder of the short musical play (similar to an operet ...

..2010.. أبو خليل القباني.

Researchers

Alzahaby prepared, documented and presented a chain of books for the benefit of the Ministry of Culture, under the title of "the Horizons of Damascus".. Such as: # – The imperial trip "in the visit of the German emperor to Damascus.. Written by Ibrahim Alaswad. # – The news of Taimoor lank .. Written by Ibn Arab Shah. # – the tattar state.. Written by Ibn sassary # – Master of Quraish .. Maaroof Alarnaouty. # -The Diaries of Damascus.. Written by Albudairy Alhallaq. # – Mansoor Ibn Sarjoon .. Written by Josif Nasrallah. # – Al Rawda Alghannaa if Dimashq Alfayhaa.. Written by Numaan Alkustaaky. # – The end of Mamaleek .. Written by Ibn Tolon. # – The end of Mamaleek .. " The Egyptian view" .. Written by Ibn Iyass. # – Damascus .. The reign go Khalifa Abdul Hameed ..written by Mary Sarko. # – The castle of Damascus .. Written by Abdulqader Arrihawy. His novel ''Hasseeba'' was chosen by the Arab League as one of the 100 great arabs novels in the last century.

Prizes

# ''Medal of courage and honor'' After returning from captivity in Israel ..

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..1975 # these roofs of jubata.. first prize of children .Syrian ministry of culture..1982. # 300 DAYS IN ISRAEL''' :IBN BATUTA PRIZE FOR FIELD RESEARCH ..

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−2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alzahaby, Khairy 1946 births 2022 deaths Syrian novelists Syrian philosophers People from Damascus Cairo University alumni