Hazim Kamaledin Explained

Hazim Kamaledin (born in Babylon, Iraq in 1954) is a playwright, theatre director, actor, author (novel, short story, translation), and editor, born in Babylon, Iraq. In 2014, The Arab Theatre Institute proclaimed him best playwright of the year.

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 Vlaanderen PEN Vlaanderen 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 (as novelist, translator & playwright)

Novels:

• 1994 Tomb of silence (prose - anthology) published by Woestijn '93, in Arabic
• 2014 Cabaret, in Arabic كاباريهت^[4]
• 2016 Desertified Water, in Arabic^[5]
• 2016 Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf, in Dutch Beauty Will Rage Within Me Until the Day I Die^[6] Flanders literature^[7]
• 2019 Meadows of Hell, in Arabic^[8]
• 2020 The Confusing Episodes of The Lady of The Necrophilia, in Arabic^[9]
• 2022 Dalia Rushie's Affaires, in Arabic
• 2023 Koninkrijken, proza/drama, in Dutch^[10]
• 2024 The heir, in Arabic ^[11]

Drama:

• 2003 El Addade, in Dutch, published by Woestijn '93^[12]
• 2011 The Tomb of the Lady, four monologues, In Arabic, published by Dar Alghaoon, Lebanon^[13]
• 2016 Premeditated Insanity, in Arabic السادرون في الجنون, United Arab Emirates, published by Arab Theater Institute^[14]

Translations:

• 2019 Theater, Three monologues for an actor, by Jan Fabre, from Dutch into Arabic^[15]
• 2020 Poetry, The Armpits of the Goat, by, from Dutch into Arabic
• 2022 Theatre, The Towers of Beirut, by, from Dutch to Arabic^[16]

Theatre productions (as author & director)

• 1994–1995, Blauw van as^[17]
• 1995-1996 Les ombres dans le sable^[18]
• 1996-1997 Heupen met hersens^[19]
• 1997-1998 Gamma van stilte^[20]
• 1998-2000 De uren nul^[21]
• 1999-2000 Het oog van de dadel^[22]
• 1999-2000 Pijnboom^[23]
• 2001-2002 Foto's in de storm^[24]
• 2001-2002 De Kop van de Mameluk Djaber^[25]
• 2003-2004 Balling^[26]
• 2003-2004 El Sherife^[27]
• 2003-2004 El Addade^[28]
• 2004-2005 De tochten^[29]
• 2005-2006 Vvredestad^[30]
• 2007-2008 Bagdad bazaar^[31]
• 2008-2009 Oraal^[28]
• 2009-2010 De graftombe van de dame^{[32] [33]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hazim Kamaledin - Boeken & Biografie - Polis. polis.be. 5 August 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172239/https://www.polis.be/auteurs/hazim-kamaledin#gref. dead.
2. Web site: Missie. penvlaanderen.be. 5 August 2017.
3. https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/10/16/604697.htm
4. Web site: كاباريهت وأقتراب موت الذات – اضواء – مؤيد داود البصام. 17 January 2015.
5. Web site: مياه متصحرة. Goodreads. Aug 22, 2024.
6. Web site: Beauty Will Rage Within Me Until the Day I Die | Flanders literature. www.flandersliterature.be. Aug 22, 2024.
7. Web site: Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf - Hazim Kamaledin | Polis . 2018-09-21 . 2018-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114748/https://www.polis.be/schoonheid-raast-in-mij-tot-ik-sterf.html . dead .
8. Web site: مروج جهنم. Goodreads. Aug 22, 2024.
9. Web site: أساليب سردية لابتكار القسوة | محمود الغيطاني | مجلة الجديد. Jan 1, 2021. Aug 22, 2024.
10. Web site: Kamaledin . Hazim . 2023-02-08 . Koninkrijken . 2024-11-11 . EPO.
11. Web site: رواية "الوريث"جديد الكاتب العراقي حازم كمال الدين. Feb 16, 2024. Aug 22, 2024.
12. Web site: DE SINGEL. desingel.be. Aug 22, 2024.
13. Web site: book at the shrine of the lady - Noor Library. Aug 22, 2024.
14. Web site: الصفحة الرئيسية. إعلام الهيئة العربية. للمسرح. atitheatre.ae. 16 October 2014 . Aug 22, 2024.
15. Web site: الصفحة الرئيسية. إعلام الهيئة العربية. للمسرح. atitheatre.ae. Aug 22, 2024.
16. Web site: كسرت أساطير المستشرقين عن علاقة العرب بالجنس والإرهاب.. قراءة في أدب أنماري أستر. Oct 27, 2020. عربي بوست — ArabicPost.net. Aug 22, 2024.
17. Web site: KSP - Producties - Blauw van as (1994-1995-podiumproductie). data.kunsten.be. Aug 22, 2024.
18. Web site: ASP@sia - Les Ombres dans le sable-1994-1995. Aug 22, 2024.
19. Web site: KSP - Producties - Heupen met hersens (1997-1998-podiumproductie). data.kunsten.be. Aug 22, 2024.
20. https://web.archive.org/web/20211113132115/http://data.kunsten.be/theater-texts/gamma-van-stilte VTI - Theater Texts - Gamma van stilte
21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211113131915/http://data.kunsten.be/theater-texts/de-uren-nul VTI - Theater Texts - De uren nul
22. https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dst08022000_047 Woestijn "93 brengt psychedelische choreografie met Sheherazade - De Standaard
23. https://web.archive.org/web/20211113131855/http://data.kunsten.be/theater-texts/pijnboom VTi - Theater Texts - Pijnboom
24. Web site: KSP - Producties - Foto's in de storm (2001-2002-podiumproductie).
25. Web site: KSP - Theaterteksten - de kop van de mameluk Djaber . https://web.archive.org/web/20211113131823/http://data.kunsten.be/theater-texts/de-kop-van-de-mameluk-djaber . 2021-11-13 .
26. Web site: KSP - Producties - Balling (2002-2003-podiumproductie). data.kunsten.be. Aug 22, 2024.
27. Web site: KSP - Producties - El sherife (2003-2004-podiumproductie). data.kunsten.be. Aug 22, 2024.
28. Web site: KSP - Theaterteksten - El Addade. data.kunsten.be. Aug 22, 2024.
29. https://www.monty.be/nl/programma/de-tochten
30. Web site: VVredestad - Cactusbloem. Monty. Aug 22, 2024.
31. Web site: Bagdad Bazaar. Monty. Aug 22, 2024.
32. Web site: tg Cactusbloem | De graftombe van de dame. Monty. Aug 22, 2024.
33. Web site: KSP - Personen - Hazim Kamaledin. data.kunsten.be.