2023-12-23 20:10:38
On the evening of Friday, December 22, 2023, the Syrian writer and critic Izzat Omar, who had resided in the Emirates since 1990, passed away. He enriched the cultural arena with dozens of articles and studies that dealt with literature in the Emirates, and he was active in the local cultural arena for many years.
Izzat Omar was born in the city of Manbij and studied in its schools, graduating from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Aleppo in 1977.
He worked in the Directorate of Culture in Aleppo and in the Institute of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Aleppo until 1990. He is a member of the Emirates Writers and Writers Union. Member of the editorial board of the National Cultural Encyclopedia of the United Arab Emirates. He has judged several literary awards. He participated in critical seminars inside and outside the country, and recently worked in the Sharjah Cultural Magazine.
Ezzat Omar has written on literary criticism, short stories, novels, children’s literature, and young adult literature. He has many creative and critical books, including:
“A cage looking for birds.” A novel published in 1991 – a weekly series with ten episodes.
“The Golden Windows,” a collection of short stories for children, published by the Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 1996.
Ghassan’s novel series, 13 novels for young people, published by Ammon Publishing House, Jordan 2001.
“Butterfly Wings”, a collection of short stories for children, about the Sharjah Childhood and Adolescent Centers, 2002.
– “Mirrors of the Sea,” Critical Studies in Story and Novel in the Emirates, Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 2001.
– “Pages from Arab Medical Literature, The Call of Doctors – Ibn Batlan as an Example,” investigation, Dar Al-Fikr, Damascus. 2003
“Trends of narrative discourse in the Emirati and Arab novel,” Analytical Readings, Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 2003.
“Sleeping on the Cloud,” a long story for children, Supreme Family Council, Sharjah, 2003
Enchanted Butterflies: Democracy of Dialogue, Not Democracy of Interests, Arab Diffusion Foundation, Beirut, 2005.
Restoring common humanity/a vision in the new poem, a critical study, Sharjah, 2008.
– Ambassadors of Imagination/Syrian Poetic Voices in the Emirates, Ministry of Culture and Youth, Emirates, 2009.
– Springs of Speech/Syrian Narrative Voices in the Emirates, Ministry of Culture and Youth, Emirates, 2009.
Questions of modernity and identity, Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 2012
Sociology of the Emirati Narrative Text, Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 2011.
– Salem bin Ali Al Owais, Poetic Discourse and Its Construction Mechanisms, Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, Dubai, 2014.
The phenomenon of violence in Arab novelist discourse, Dubai Cultural Magazine, Dubai, December 2014.
– Word and Image/Analytical and Aesthetic Readings, Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, 2017
– Khalfan bin Musabih / The Silky Bird, Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, Dubai, 2017.
– Nasser Gibran, The elegance of writing and the artist’s anxiety, Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, Dubai, 2018.
The impact of modernity and its aftermath on the Emirati narrative text, Emirates Writers and Writers Union, Sharjah, 2018.
The Postmodern Novel / Intertextuality, Juxtaposition, and the Adventure of Experimentation, Dar Al-Ghad, Sharjah, 2020.
– The Traveling Text/ Research into the Patterns of Novelist Narrative, Dar Al-Ghad, Sharjah, 2020
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