Sharjah: Aladdin Mahmoud
Perhaps what distinguishes the Emirati writer Mohammed Hassan Al-Harbi most is the diversity in his subjects that he selects, and he is also multifaceted in his talents, as he has in his credit novels and stories, in addition to writings in the aspect of his journalistic and media specialization, and among his most famous publications: “Tarim as I Know It.” , and “Modern Sharjah”, which consists of articles on the cultural and media scene, and he also has collections of stories such as: “Exit from the Tribe’s Tattoo”, “The Rolls of the Empty Quarter”, and “Tales of a Tribe That Died”, and he has a novel entitled “The Newest City on The Beach”, and an author on “novel and short story in the Emirates”, in addition to books in the field of education.
Al-Harbi, in his book “Candles Far from the Moon… Readings in Selected Narrative Works”, published an act of critical and intellectual exploration that presents something new and leads the reader on a journey of marvelous voyaging over some narrative texts that formed a distinguished presence in the cultural scene. Emirati and Arab, as well as articles about some stars of literature in the Emirates, and it is located in 164 pages, and it is full of new information, and reading that stems from the vision of the writer and his knowledge culture, in a manner that provides factors of pleasure and suspense, as he presents a bouquet of flowers from those orchards that entered their worlds accompanied With him, the reader is introduced to these personalities and their impact on the Emirati and Arab cultural movement.
The book is divided into two parts, the first contains readings of the writer in selected fictional and fictional texts, and the author indicates in his introduction that these readings are like a serious attempt not to rewrite them, but rather an attempt to cover the writer’s self and probe its insides, and that he chose those texts and wrote about them out of love. And that these literary readings, whatever their classification, are considered for him to be wandering readings and nomadic writings. Life has different spaces for him, which he traverses wide and long in search of an epistemic stray. It has always been difficult to describe it, but when it appears to the naked eye, it is easy to master it and enjoy its wisdom.
The book deals with two novels by the writer Hamad Jaber Al-Hammadi, namely: “Retaj” and “For Ghaith”, as these two works are among the most important books of Al-Hammadi, and in them he presented a lot of effort and great creative effort, and the book indicates that the two novels have risen to a level of mastery. It is difficult for the reader to deny it or to openly acknowledge their quality, as the two works provide suspense and perfection, which is considered in favor of the writer. The author points out that the writer Al-Hammadi hates chaos and tends to discipline and organization, explaining that reflecting on the events of the two novels after completion From reading, it takes a long time, as the nature of the events puts the two works in a very sensitive circle, and because of the disobedient nature of this circle, many fail to approach its minutes and details, except for a few bold writers.
rationalize things
In his review of the novel “P.O.Box: 1003”, by the writer Sultan Al-Amimi, he first enters into the atmosphere of the novel and provides a distinctive summary of it, to conclude that the plot of the work is the real hero of the novel, and that Al-Amimi humanized things in the novel, rationalized them and made them speaking, to become a witness. An eyewitness to the events that will take place, and the author points out that the field of events in the work began as if it was narrow in terms of the fictional dramatic structure, as it took place in certain places, wondering: Did the place want its narrowness to be more like a mailbox? He explained that the novel confirms Al-Amimi’s skill and creative energy.
The book examines the worlds of the writer Omar Abdel Aziz, through his novel “Al-Hammoudi… an immigrant on the path of groaning and nostalgia”, explaining that she has not received her share of literary criticism since its publication, and that she enjoys warm linguistic clarity, full of allusions and referrals, which puts her among the The brightest narrative works published by the writer himself, including a vision that looks forward to the future and predicts the outcome of the situation.
Then, in its first section, the book deals with the novel by the writer Nasser Gibran Al-Suwaidi, which is “Sih al-Mahab”, and dives deeply into Gibran’s worlds, especially when he says: “As you read a fictional work by Gibran, you do not know whether it is positive nostalgia for the past, or is it the harbinger wind that She came not to stay or leave? But whatever the case, there is a strong sigh that almost distinguishes from its intensity the details and sequences that refer to extraordinary disturbances and confusions, which dominate the scene chosen by Gibran.
high fathoms
As for the second section, which is titled “The Presence of the Absent … Maqamat and Articles”, in it the author wanders about the beautiful creativity presented by great writers and poets, namely: Habib Al-Sayegh, Abdullah Al-Muhailan, and Nasser Gibran Al-Suwaidi, where the writer presents new illuminations from different angles, and this The section consists of articles that talk about those whom he described as high literary figures, pointing out that their sudden absence has increased the brilliance and presence of their work, as the book provides illumination on some special aspects of their creative biographies, especially those worlds that some have not been able to discover, especially since most The articles had been published in cultural supplements in local newspapers in the Emirates, and in some newspapers outside the country.
The writer points out that Habib Al-Sayegh, and a few with him, were the first to write a prose poem in the Emirates, where he walked the path of modernity, and was the owner of a leaping poetic breakthrough, while the Kuwaiti creator Abdullah Al-Muhailan was the artist, lover of the camera and microphone, directing and journalistic writing, and the owner of an archive. Huge, and with an emotional outpouring laden with grief, and the author says about Nasser Gibran Al-Suwaidi: “He left, wrapped around the pride of his ancestors.”