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Haidar Haidar (Arabic: حيدر حيدر) (born 1936 in Husayn al-Baher) is a Syrian writer and novelist.

Haidar Haidar
Native name	حيدر حيدر
Born	1936 Husayn al-Baher, Syria
Language	Arabic
Notable works	Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr

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 (Arabic: الفهد, lit. 'The Cheetah'), 1968
• Az-Zaman al-Muhish (Arabic: الزمن الموحش, lit. 'The Desolate Time'), 1973
• Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr (Arabic: وليمة لأعشاب البحر, lit. 'A Feast for the Seaweeds') 1983
• Maraya an-Nar (Arabic: مرايا النار, lit. 'The Mirrors of Fire'), 1992
• Shumous al-Ghajar (Arabic: شموس الغجر, lit. 'The Suns of Gypsies'), 1996
• Haql Urjuwan (Arabic: حقل أرجوان, lit. 'A Field of Purple'), 2000
• Marathi al-Ayyam (Arabic: مراثي الأيام, lit. 'The Elegies of Days'), 2001

Short stories

• Hakaya an-Nawrass al-Muhajir (Arabic: حكايا النورس المهاجر, lit. 'Tales of the Migrating Seagull'), 1968
• Al-Wamdh (Arabic: الومض, lit. 'The Flash'), 1970
• Al-Faiadhan (Arabic: الفيضان, lit. 'The Flood'), 1975
• Al-Wu'ul (Arabic: الوعول, lit. 'The Ibecis'), 1978
• At-Tamawujat (Arabic: التموجات, lit. 'The Ripples'), 1982
• Ghasaq al-Aalihah (Arabic: غسق الآلهة, lit. 'The Dusk of Gods'), 1994

Other works

• Capucci (Arabic: كبوتشي, lit. 'biography of Capucci'), 1978
• Awraq al-Manfa (Arabic: أوراق المنفى, lit. 'Exile Papers'), 1993
• Olumona (Arabic: علومنا, lit. 'Our Sciences')

References

• Haidar Haidar’s ‘Banquet for Seaweed’ Attempts Balancing Act. MAHMOUD SAEED. Al Jadid, Vol. 6, no. 31 (Spring 2000)

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