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ʽAlāʼ ʽAbd al-Hādī

Personal Information:

Born 17 November 1956

Cairo

Egypt

Education & Career:

Graduated from Cairo University

Poet and thinker

Mother Tongue: Arabic

Awards:

The Palestinian Medal of Culture, Science, and Arts (2022)

ʽAlāʼ ʽAbd al-Hādī (November 17, 1956 - ) is a poet of the seventies' generation, an academic critic, and an Egyptian thinker. He is currently the president of the Egyptian Writers' Union.

Academic Work:
He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Literary Criticism, specializing in Comparative Literature, from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, for his dissertation in Comparative Literature titled: "Performance Manifestations in the Ancient Arab Heritage and Genre Theory".

He examined a number of master's and doctoral theses in literary criticism and comparative literature. He also participated in the arbitration of scientific promotion research in literary and theatrical criticism as well as comparative literature.

Poetic works:
- Like Springs of Water, Thirst Reveals You, issue no. 1, Cairo, Dar ElWaha: 1987; issue no. 2, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2005.

- Ashes Milk, Cairo, Dar Saed: 1994.

- Circle Talk: Prose Poetic Drama, Cairo, Dar Saed: 1994.

- Books of the Hidden Death Prophecy, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 1996

- Water Biography, Cairo, Arab Civilization Center: 1998.

- Fine Dust, Cairo, Arab Civilization Center: 2000.

- The Ghain Dictionary, issue no. 1, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2002; issue no. 2, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2007.

- The Canto, issue no. 1, Cairo, General Authority for Culture Palaces: 2003; issue. No. 2, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2005.

- Sympathetici, issue no. 1, Cairo, Arab Civilization Center, 2003; issue no. 2, Cairo, Arab Civilization Center, 2004.

- A Negligent Signified by a Shadow, issue no. 1, Cairo, General Authority for Culture Palaces: 2007; issue. No. 2, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2009.

- Icarus or Plotting the Dark: Diaries of the January Revolution, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2016.

- The Fate of Henna: Thus the Garden Spoke, Cairo, Egyptian Book Authority: 2020.

ʽAbd al-Hādī 's poetry was translated into English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, Italian, German, Kurian, Russian, Romanian, Swahili and Persian languages. His Sirat al-Ma' was translated into English, and Mo'gam al-Ghain was translated into English and French. His poetic works were taught at a number of Egyptian and Arab universities from 1996 to 2018 and were the subject of a number of master's and doctoral theses. Many critical studies were done on his works by Egyptian and Arab critics.

Critical Works about the Poet:
· Rayan, A. Language and Form: Experimental Contemporary Arab Poetry: Alaa Abdel Hadi as an Example. Markaz al-Hadaraa al-Arabeyya, 1999.

· El-Kilani, M. Poetry of Difference: Alaa Abdel Hadi's In Depth Poetic Writing. Markaz al-Hadaraa al-Arabeyya, 2005.

· Abdel Meguid, G. Towards a Cultural, Literary Analysis: A Critical Study of Alaa Abdel Hadi’s Volume of Poems, The Dust. Ghareeb Publishing House, 2008.

· Abdel Salam, A. Prose Poetry and Postmodern Poetics: A Reading of Alaa Abdel Hadi’s Volume of Poetry: A Negligent Detected by a Shadow. Markaz al-Hadaraa al-Arabeyya, 2008.

· Ali, N. A Reader Response Approach in Literary Criticism: Alaa Abdel Hadi as an Example. Ph.D. Thesis, Helwan University, 2012.

· Aboud, R. Modernist & Postmodernist Concepts of Literary Genres, with Special Reference to E. E. Cummings and Alaa Abdel-Hadi. MA Thesis, English Department, Menya University, 2013.

· Abdel Salam, M. Difference & Difference in the Poetic Voice Structure in Alaa Abdel Hadi’s works: A Deconstructive Approach. 2015.

Critical and Intellectual Works:

 * 1) Rhetoric of Creative Unconscious: Poetry as an Example
 * 2) Contemporary Poetic Drama: Postmodern Trends in Theatrical Performance
 * 3) Performance Manifestations in Arabic Theatrical Heritage before 1847 (in English)
 * 4) Nucleo-genre: Towards a Unifying Approach to the Field of Comparative Poetics (translated into English & French)
 * 5) The Prose Poem and Genre Apostrophe: A Poetics Study
 * 6) Poetry and Entropy: A Study of Chaos and Chance
 * 7) Theatrical Catharsis between Theory and Impact: A Reading of Brecht’s Poetic Drama
 * 8) Readings in Feminist Narrative
 * 9) Globalization & Identity: Identity Making and Deconstructing the Concept of Origin
 * 10) Meta-Critical Readings in Arabic Criticism

Edited Works:

 * 1) Proceedings of the Third International Criticism Conference on Cultural Criticism (edited with Dr. Ezz el-Din Ismail et. al. (Three Volumes), 2006.
 * 2) Proceedings of the Fourth International  Conference on Criticism (Three Volumes): Rhetorical Concepts, Applied Rhetoric: Studying the Literary Work from a Rhetorical Perspective, Rhetoric in Different Discourses, Dar al-'Elm wal Iman, 2010.
 * 3) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Criticism: Hermeneutics and Contemporary Critical Theory. (Two Volumes), 2019.
 * 4) Proceedings of the Third Comparative Literature  Conference (one volume): The Image of Egypt in World Literature, 2015.
 * 5) Reviewed Research Papers in Arabic and English.

Peer reviewed Arabic and English Research:


 * 1) “ Rhetoric of Silence and Poetics of Space: A Reading of Harold Pinter’s Dramatic Works”
 * 2) “Shiite Condolences from a Comparative Poetics Perspective: A Semiotic Reading"
 * 3) “Intimate Body Experiences in Literary Works"
 * 4) “Traditional Types of Comedy in Arabic Heritage and their Impact on Commercial Theatre in Egypt in the Seventies" (in English)
 * 5) “Rhetoric and Theatrical Poetics: Theatrical Rhetoric from a Nucleogenre Perspective”
 * 6) “Theatre and Creed: A Study of the Technique of Rituals" (in English)
 * 7) “An Introduction to Plastic Art Rhetoric”
 * 8) “Translation and the Question of Arab Integration"
 * 9) “Cultural Globalization and the Conflict between Culture and Civilization"
 * 10) “Security of Arab Heritage: Theoretical Questions and Reflections"
 * 11) “Meaning as a Signal of Genre: A Reading of Japanese Haiku"
 * 12) “Brecht and his Influence on Egyptian Theatre in the Sixties"
 * 13) “A Meta-critical Reading of Peter Brooke’s Empty Space”
 * 14) “Poetics of Theatrical Performance: Performance Postmodern Policies”

Literary & Critical Translations:


 * 1) Contemporary Hungarian Poetry: Poets of the Seventies
 * 2) Problems of Knowledge & Freedom: Naom Chomsky
 * 3) Drama as a Genre and its Types:  Bécsy Tamás

Arabic & International Awards:

· 1998/ 1999 International Award of Füst Milán from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

· 2008 International Phoenix Festival Medal in its second round (2008-2012) in Iraq

· 2009 Abu El-Qassem El-Shabi Award celebrating El-Shabi's millennial in Tunisia

- 2022 The Palestinian Medal of Culture, Science and Arts

International & Arabic Society, Federation & Committee Membership:

· President of the Egyptian Writers’ Union  

· Secretary General of Arab Writers’ Union

· Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Society of Literary Criticism (2009-2010)

· Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Society of Comparative Literature (2013 – present)

· Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Society of Genre & Comparative Poetics (2014 – present)

· Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Ahmed Shawqi Award

· Member of the Supreme Journalism Council (2015-2017)

· Member of the Fifties Committee for Drafting the Constitution

· Member of Dar AlEloum Faculty Council, Fayoum University

· Member of the Higher Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture (2015- present)

· Member of the Literary Studies Committee - the Supreme Council of Culture

· Member of the National Fifties Committee for Drafting the unified Journalism and Media law  

· Spokesperson and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Professional Syndicates

· Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian branch of Pen International (2012- present)

· Member of the State Award Referee Committee – Excellence Award (2015-2016) & Nile Award (2017-2018)

· Member of the International Cafavy Award Referee Committee (2017)

· Member of the Jerusalem Award Referee Committee, an award granted by the Arab Writers’ Federation

· Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Award granted for the best cultural work in fighting terrorism

· Member of the Permanent Committee regulating festivals in the Arab Republic of Egypt (2018- present)

· Member of the Higher Committee of the Cairo International Book Fair

· Member of a number of big cultural institutions and International Literary Societies such as the International Theatre Society and the International Society of Comparative Literature

Further Information:

- Writer a bimonthly article for AlAhram Newspaper (2006-2011) (2014-2015)

- Editor in Chief of Daad, a journal issued regularly by the Egyptian Writers' Union

- Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal, Muqarant, issued by the Egyptian Society of Comparative Literature

- Board Member of the peer reviewed journal, Language & Literature, issued by the Department of Arabic Language, University of Algeria  

- Participant at a dozen of Arabic and International conferences on criticism, poetry and cultural studies