Hamed al-Nazir

Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975), also spelled Hamed el-Nazir, is a Sudanese journalist and novelist. He has worked for Qatar Television and in Sudan for the Shorouk and Blue Nile TV channels, Sudanese radio, and MBC TV. He has published three acclaimed novels in Arabic.[1]

Several of his novels have been longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.[2] 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.[3]

Selected works
  • Farij al-Murar (2014), winner of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity and the Qatar Vodafone Prize for the Novel
  • Nabuat al-Saqqa ("The Waterman's Prophecy") (2015), longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
  • The Black Peacock (2017), longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
  • Two Green Eyes, longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2021

See also

References
  1. "Hamed el-Nazir". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Longlist, judges and dates announced for 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. "The Waterman's Prophecy by Sudanese writer Hamed el-Nazir". arabicliteraturetoday official website. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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