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هجاء القتيل لقاتله
مقالات قصيرة
هو مجرد محاولة متواضعة لممارسة القليل من النقد لكل ما يحول دون تطور الناس وتمتعهم بحقهم في عيش حياة لاخوف فيها،تليق بالمخلوقات البشرية خصوصاً وأن المحكوم عليه بالموت لا يعدم مرتين إذا سخر من جلاديه
هو مجرد محاولة متواضعة لممارسة القليل من النقد لكل ما يحول دون تطور الناس وتمتعهم بحقهم في عيش حياة لاخوف فيها،تليق بالمخلوقات البشرية خصوصاً وأن المحكوم عليه بالموت لا يعدم مرتين إذا سخر من جلاديه
455 pages
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Zakaria Tamer
70 books29 followersZakaria Tamer (Arabic: زكريا تامر), also transliterated Zakariya Tamir (strict transliteration Zakariyyā Tāmir), (born January 2, 1931 in Damascus, Syria) is an influential master of the Arabic-language short story.
He is one of the most important and widely read and translated short story writers in the Arab world, as well as being the foremost author of children’s stories in Arabic. He also writes children's stories and works as a freelance journalist, writing satirical columns in newspapers.
His volumes of short stories, are often reminiscent of folktales, and are renowned for their relative simplicity on the one hand and the complexity of their many potential references on the other. They often have a sharp edge and are often a surrealistic protest against political or social oppression and exploitation. Most of Zakaria Tamer’s stories deal with people’s inhumanity to each other, the oppression of the poor by the rich and of the weak by the strong. The political and social problems of his own country, Syria, and of the Arab world, are reflected in the stories and sketches in the satirical style typical of his writing.
His first stories were published in 1957. Since then he has published eleven collections of short stories, two collections of satirical articles and numerous children’s books. His works have been translated into many languages, with two collections in English, Tigers on the Tenth Day (translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, Quartet 1985) and Breaking Knees, published June 2008
He is one of the most important and widely read and translated short story writers in the Arab world, as well as being the foremost author of children’s stories in Arabic. He also writes children's stories and works as a freelance journalist, writing satirical columns in newspapers.
His volumes of short stories, are often reminiscent of folktales, and are renowned for their relative simplicity on the one hand and the complexity of their many potential references on the other. They often have a sharp edge and are often a surrealistic protest against political or social oppression and exploitation. Most of Zakaria Tamer’s stories deal with people’s inhumanity to each other, the oppression of the poor by the rich and of the weak by the strong. The political and social problems of his own country, Syria, and of the Arab world, are reflected in the stories and sketches in the satirical style typical of his writing.
His first stories were published in 1957. Since then he has published eleven collections of short stories, two collections of satirical articles and numerous children’s books. His works have been translated into many languages, with two collections in English, Tigers on the Tenth Day (translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, Quartet 1985) and Breaking Knees, published June 2008
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July 30, 2017
قال مستشارو الرئيس للرئيس إن الناس يتذمرون من حرية زائدة ترهقهم، ولا يحتاجون إليها، ومن
المستحسن المبادرة إلي فعل ما يزيل تذمرهم..
بعد فترة من الموت أعود إلي الحياة مع هذا الرائع مرة أخري ،
حمدًا لله علي كتابات زكريا تامر
ربي يحفظك أيها الكاتب النبيل
October 29, 2012
مقالات على شكل خواطر وقصص قصيرة تنتقد الأوضاع السياسية/الثقافية في العالم العربي بشكل ساخر. رغم كمية الإبتذال والعدد المهول للكليشيهات المستخدمة في الكتاب، إلا أن ذلك لم يمنعني من الاستمتاع بخمسة -أو أقل/أكثر- مقالات. أمنحه نجمة واحدة .. أو نجمتان لأنني تظاهرت بالانشغال بقراءته لأتجنب الحديث مع شخص بغيض لساعتين!
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September 10, 2011I think its more like a divine language, to be sarcastic and vague in the exploring voice of Zakaria Tamer, I read that and am completely in love with his usual irony and pettiness on human's fate
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