Khairy Alzahaby Explained

Khairy Alzahaby (Arabic: خيري الذهبي; 11 January 1946 – 4 July 2022) was a Syrian novelist, historian, columnist, and scenarist.^[1]

Biography

Alzahaby was born in Damascus, Syria, on 11 January 1946.^[2] He headed to Egypt in the early sixties to pursue his high study at the Cairo University. He graduated with a degree in Arabic literature and was educated by writers such as Taha Hussein and Naguib Mahfouz.

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 Damascus Declaration. He was prevented from traveling, withdrew his passport,^[3] was fired from his job as a result of his political activity and signed statements against Hafez al-Assad'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^[4] and then Jordan and then Europe.He was an independent liberal political social activist, wrote more than 1000 articles in Arab newspapers, and lectured in many cities around the world such as Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Istanbul, Salzburg, Amman, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Beirut, Algeria and Casablanca. In 2009, an M.A. thesis in the Department of Arabic Literature was written about his novel Time in Space at Al-Baath University in Homs.^[5]

Alzahaby died on 4 July 2022, at the age of 76.^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

• Malakoot Albusataa – novel – 1975 – Damascus.
• Bird of the wonder days – novel – 1977 – Damascus.
• Arabian nights – novel – 1980 – Beirut.
• 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^[7] 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 Cairo
• 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. Amman 2018
• 300 days in Israel .. 300 يوم في إسرائيل .."almwtawaset pub" ..Rome. ibn batuta prize. 2019
• The Lost Paradise, a novel, Dar Al-Fikr, Beirut, 2021 (الجنة المفقودة) لخيري الذهبي: رواية مدهشة عن دمشق وغزالها الهارب - أورينت نت
• 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.... الوحش والمصباح تيمور لنك
• 5-Abu Hayyan Attawheedy.... ابو حيان التوحيدي
• 6-Building 22....البناء 22
• 7-For you Damascus^[8] ..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^[9]
  • 11-Haseeba (also turned into a cinema movie)..2006..حسيبة 12-The prince of dreams ..2009 (Ibn almutazz)....ابن المعتز
• 13-Abu Khalil Qabbani..2010..أبو خليل القباني.

Researchers

Alzahaby^[10] 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:

1. – The imperial trip "in the visit of the German emperor to Damascus.. Written by Ibrahim Alaswad.
2. – The news of Taimoor lank .. Written by Ibn Arab Shah.
3. – the tattar state.. Written by Ibn sassary
4. – Master of Quraish .. Maaroof Alarnaouty.
5. -The Diaries of Damascus.. Written by Albudairy Alhallaq.
6. – Mansoor Ibn Sarjoon .. Written by Josif Nasrallah.
7. – Al Rawda Alghannaa if Dimashq Alfayhaa.. Written by Numaan Alkustaaky.
8. – The end of Mamaleek .. Written by Ibn Tolon.
9. – The end of Mamaleek .. " The Egyptian view" .. Written by Ibn Iyass.
10. – Damascus .. The reign go Khalifa Abdul Hameed ..written by Mary Sarko.
11. – 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.^[11]

Prizes

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

.. Damascus..1975

1. these roofs of jubata.. first prize of children .Syrian ministry of culture..1982.
2. 300 DAYS IN ISRAEL^[12] ' :IBN BATUTA PRIZE FOR FIELD RESEARCH ..Morocco −2019.

Literature

• Book: 10.1007/978-3-030-02668-4_8. Khairy Alzahaby, Gamal el-Ghitani & Halim Barakat. Artists, Writers and the Arab Spring. 73–88. 2019. Ismat. Riad. 978-3-030-02667-7. 158936627.

External links

• Web site: Al Zahaby says good novels only come after 40. Sami. Al-Rabai'ah. Alapn.com. 10 October 2018.

Notes and References

1. News: خيري الذهبي: لا المخيم ينتج رواية ولا الريف.. والجنس لا يُكتب للإثارة وحدها . . 16 April 2008 . 10 March 2013 .
2. Web site: خيري الذهبي – ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو . 5 July 2022 . elCinema.com . ar.
3. live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/cvIcPd2AW1w. 8 December 2021. خيري الذهبي ،بورتريه ،البرنامج الذي منع من العرض في التلفزيون السوري الجزء الاول . YouTube.
4. live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/eC6olaDMNME. 8 December 2021. لقاء سكاي نيوز عربية مع الروائي خيري الذهبي khairy alzahaby .skynews arabia . YouTube.
5. al-Mahmood . Safaa . The Narrative Structure in Khairy Al Thahabi's Novels - Time and Space . 2010 . Master's . . Arabic.
6. News: 4 July 2022 . وفاة الكاتب والروائي السوري خيري الذهبي . 5 July 2022 . . ar.
7. Web site: Berlinale Talents Project - Hassiba | Berlinale Talents.
8. Web site: شارة مسلسل (لك يا شام). Facebook.
9. Web site: "رقصة الحباري" على أوتار الحياة والموت . 17 September 1999.
10. Web site: Khairy Elzaby – Writer – Photo Gallery.
11. Web site: Saudi Aramco World : Tales in the 'hood: The Last Hakawati . 21 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053932/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199601/tales.in.the.hood-the.last.hakawati.htm . 21 September 2013 . dead .
12. Web site: "300 يوم فى الأسر الإسرائيلى" يفوز بجائزة ابن بطوطة لأدب الرحلات – بوابة الشروق.