Waiting for the Barbarians (disambiguation)

Waiting for the Barbarians may refer to:

• "Waiting for the Barbarians (poem)", a 1904 poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
• Waiting for the Barbarians, a 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee
• Waiting for the Barbarians, a 1997 book by Lewis H. Lapham
• Waiting for the Barbarians (opera), a 2005 work by Philip Glass based on the Coetzee novel
• "Waiting for the Barbarians", a song on the 2006 Eschaton (album) by band Anaal Nathrakh
• Warten auf die Barbaren (Waiting for the Barbarians), a 2007 painting by Neo Rauch
• Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward W. Said, a 2008 collection of writings after the death of Edward Said
• Waiting for the Barbarians, a 2011 choral work by Andrew Ford based on the poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
• Waiting for the Barbarians and the Government Shutdown. An article in the New York Times 2013