Zain Abdul Hady

Zain Abdul Hady

Dr. Zain Abdul Hady
Occupation Novelist, Head of Department
Nationality Egypt
Genres Magic Realism

Zain al-Din Muhammad Abdul Hady (Arabic: زين الدين محمد عبد الهادي) born 1 December 1956, an Egyptian researcher and novelist. Abdul Hady is an accomplished writer, whose works have been published, both fiction, and non-fiction. Dr. Abdul Hady holds the degree of an Assistant Professor, and he chaired as Head of the Department of Libraries and Information[1] in the Faculty of Arts, Helwan University, in Cairo. He also held the post of the Information and System Development Consultant at The Arab Administrative Development Organization, from 2005 until October 2008.

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Education and academic achievement

In 1979, Abdul Hady obtained his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) from the Department of Libraries and Information Science, the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University, with general mention very good. In 1995, he obtained his masters from the same department in the field of Science of Information, the thesis of his master was titled "Expert system for reference services in IDSC Library". In 1998, he obtained his PhD degree in the field of Information Science; the thesis was titled: "Online Databases in Egypt".

Scientific publications

  1. Computer in School Library, 1993. (Arabic: الحاسوب في المكتبات المدرسية).
  2. Automatic Systems in Libraries, 1995. (Arabic: النظم الآلية في المكتبات).
  3. The Internet; The World at your Monitor, 1995. (Arabic: الإنترنت؛ العالم على شاشة الكمبيوتر)
  4. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in Libraries. (Arabic: الذكاء الاصطناعي والنظم الخبيرة في المكتبات).
  5. Library Information Sources on The World Wide Web, 2001.(Arabic: مصادر معلومات المكتبات على شبكة الإنترنت).
  6. Modern Educational and Technological Developments in School Library, 2003. (Arabic:التطورات التربوية والتكنولوجية الحديثة في المكتبات المدرسية)
  7. The Industry of Information Services, 2004. (Arabic: صناعة خدمات المعلومات).
  8. Internet Search Engines, 2006. (Arabic: محركات البحث على الإنترنت).
  9. Metadata, 2006. (Arabic: الميتاداتا).
  10. Information and Communication Technology in Parliamentary Context - An Instructive Handbook, 2006. (Arabic: تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات في السياق البرلماني – دليل استرشادى).

Fiction

First: Novels

  1. The Seasons, (1995). (Arabic: Al-Mawasem المواسم).
  2. Ripping off Rags,(2005). (Arabic: Al-Tasaheel fee Naz' el-Halaheel التساهيل في نزع الهلاهيل)
  3. Mice Euphoria, (2006). (Arabic: Marah al-Fe'ran مرح الفئران)
  4. Apollo's Blood, (2008). (Arabic): Dima' Apollo دماء أبوللو)

Second: Short Stories

Since 1986 till present time, Dr. Abdul Hady has published around 35 short stories in literary Egyptian magazines and well-known Arabic newspapers.

References

  1. ^ "The Future of Dar al-Kotob: Q&A with Zain Abdul Hady". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 23 June 2011. http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/470774. Retrieved 31 July 2011.