Hamed al-Nazir

Hamed al-Nazir (Arabic: حامد الناظر; born 1975), also spelled Hamid el-Nazir, is a Sudanese journalist and novelist.

al-Nazir graduated from Omdurman Ahlia University with a bachelor's degree in Business Management. He has since worked as a broadcaster for the Sudanese Al-Shorouk channel, a news reporter for the MBC channel from Sudan, and a commentator for the Sudanese Blue Nile Channel and Sudanese Radio. He currently works for Alaraby TV as News Presenter. He was working for Qatar TV.[1][2][3]

al-Nazir has published four acclaimed novels in Arabic.[4] Several of his novels have been longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[5] An excerpt in English translation of his novel The Waterman's Prophecy was included in Banipal magazine's spring issue on Sudanese Literature Today in 2016.[6]

Selected works

• "Freej Al Marar" (Arabic: فريج المرر) 2014, which won the 2014 Sharjah Prize for Arab Creativity, and the 2014 Qatar Vodafone Prize for the Novel.[7]
• The Waterman's Prophecy (Arabic: نبوءة السقّا) 2015, which was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2016.[8]
• The Black Peacock (Arabic: الطاووس الأسود) 2017, which is also longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2018.[3]
• Green Eyes (Arabic: عينان خضراوان) 2020, based on Mariam Ibrahim story and was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2021.[9]

See also

• Sudanese literature
• List of Sudanese writers
• The Waterman's Prophecy
• International Prize for Arabic Fiction

References

1. "حامد الناظر : يكتب عن الدين والدولة في إريتريا واثيوبيا. – Adoulis" (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
2. "نبوءة السقا". Khan Aljanub خان الجنوب (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
3. "حامد الناظر | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
4. "Hamed el-Nazir". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. "Longlist, judges and dates announced for 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
6. "The Waterman's Prophecy by Sudanese writer Hamed el-Nazir". arabicliteraturetoday official website. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
7. "حامد الناظر". جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
8. "نبوءة السقا : طاقة الحكي المفتوحة (2-2) - صحيفة الراكوبة". www.alrakoba.net (in Arabic). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
9. "حامد الناظر". daraltanweer (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.