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Muhammad Aziz Arfaj

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Muhammad Aziz Arfaj
Native name
محمد عزيز العرفج
Born (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 45)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
OccupationWriter
LanguageArabic
NationalitySaudi

Muhammad Aziz Al-Arfaj is a Saudi writer, poet and journalist.[1][2]

Bioghraphy

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He was born on 15 October 1980 in the city of Riyadh and raised there after his father moved for a long period of time from Khab Al-Muraydisiyah, one of the villages adjacent to the city of Buraidah in Al-Qassim region, north of Najd, and his marriage to his mother, who belongs to the Banu Al-Asmar tribe in Asir, southern Saudi Arabia.[2]

His father, who came from a rural family interested in agriculture, was an inspector and advisor in the Saudi Ministry of Interior after completing his university education at the College of Sharia in Riyadh. He was a popular poet, oral tale narrator, memorizer of lengthy Arabic anecdotes, and a lover of history, while his mother, who was also from a mountainous environment, was concerned with in agriculture as well, an abyss of collecting intangible heritage, and saying folk poetry.

The writer Muhammad Arfaj is a researcher in Nabati poetry, al-Humayni poetry, al-Hourani poetry, folklore, and popular poetry in the Arab world.[1] He writes in Al-Riyadh newspaper in particular and in many Arab and international newspapers and has published many books, novels and books. The most prominent of them is the novel "The Top Floor" and the book "Popular Heritage In The Arab Narrative".

In 2003, he moved from the city of Riyadh to the city of Aden in Yemen to work for several years in the diplomatic corps,[2] and his name was closely associated with the Yemeni cultural scene through his work for years during which he was able to approach Yemeni heritage and literature, and this crystallized in the form of dozens of studies that he wrote On Yemeni literature and the Humayni poetry in particular, and a novel titled "The Top Floor" was published for him, which was printed in Beirut, its events take place in the Yemeni environment.[1]

In Yemen, he made contributions to the Hamini Nabatean relations between the Humayni and Nabati poetry and he is also the first to discover the original homeland of Bani Hilal, the owners of the Hilali biography.[3]

Then he submitted his resignation from working in the Saudi diplomatic corps and returned to Riyadh to be a member of the Literary Club in Riyadh. He resided in the city of Chicago in the United States of America, and established the Spiritual Cultural Forum[4][1] there before returning again to Riyadh and settling there.[2]

His books

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Poetry

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Title Language Publisher Year Pages ISBN
The Seasons – a Divan of Free Poetry.[2] Arabic 2016
Rural Najd – A Divan of Nabati Poetry. Arabic 2020
The Land of Yemen – A Divan of Humayni's Poetry Arabic
Clouds of Love: A Divan of Nabati Poetry.[5] Arabic 2020 141 ISBN 978-603-8324-78-3

Short story

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Title Language Publisher Year Pages ISBN OCLC Number
Shivers between crying and terror.[6][7] Arabic Al-intishar Alarabi Foundation 2018 46 ISBN 9789953931456, 9953931453 1141735673
Wednesday Troubles[2] Arabic 2016 61 ISBN 9786144048566
And She Came Back After An Absence.[8] Arabic 2018
A Piece Of Ice.[8] Arabic 2019

Novel

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Title Language Publisher Year Pages
The Top Floor.[9][2] Arabic Dar Al-Gawon 2011 128

Children's literature and arts

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Title Language Publisher Year Pages ISBN OCLC Number
Saqt Allewa: a novel for boys.[10][11] Arabic Hail Literary and Cultural Club 2017 71 ISBN 9786039086932, 6039086939 1193218981
Baby Feather Series. Arabic

Women's culture and arts

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Title Language Year ISBN
A Woman's Feelings (Part One) Early life, poets, readings, dialogues.[12][13][8] Arabic 2016 ISBN 978-603-8301-12-8
A Woman's Feelings (Part Two) Formation Sculpture Orgami[14][8] Arabic 2020 ISBN 978-603-8301-13-5

Literature letters

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Title Language Year
From Ali Saleh to Mr. Trump.[8] Arabic 2020
To whom do you leave your son, father?.[8] Arabic 2020

Literary and intellectual studies

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Title Language Publisher Year Pages ISBN OCLC Number
Myths of the Islamic Awakening: Studies[15] Arabic Arwiqah Foundation for Studies, Translation and Publishing: Ruya Center for Studies 2019 220 ISBN 9789777971898, 9777971893, 9789777971997, 9777971990 1104685524
Folk tale and oral poetry in theatre, story and novel: Studies.[16][17][2][18] Arabic Najran Literary and Cultural Club 2019 190 ISBN 9789777972123, 9777972121

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The roots of Nabati poetry in the art of chanting and weights and the rooting of Nabati poetry and the stages of its development and its influence by Hamini and the Sufi school.[19][20] Arabic Hamalil Foundation for Media 2015 ISBN 9789948184553, 9948184556 1291960392
Folklore in the Arab narrative.[21] Arabic The Arabic Magazine. 2013 ISBN 978-603-8138-53-3 1049184190
Captain of the investigations of folk arts in the Arab Gulf.[22][2] Arabic 2014 68
Nabati Poetry Roots.[8][23] Arabic Hamalil Foundation for Media 2015 220

Co-author

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Title Language Year Note
Sultan of Songs and difficult departure.[24][8] Arabic 2013 with other Arab writers.
Abdul Karim Al -Jahiman .. Echoes of departure.[25] Arabic 2014 with other Saudi writers.
Narratives of Khaled Al-Youssef Arabic 2020 with other Arab writers.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Manhom. "من هو محمد عزيز العرفج؟ | ملف الشخصية | من هم؟". manhom.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "محمد عزيز العرفج". جائزة كتارا للرواية العربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "العرفج يعقب على التحريف والتصحيف الذي لحق بالشعر البدوي في مقدمة ابن خلدون الحافي خلط بين بني هلال عامر وبني هلال القرية الموجودة بعسير". alriyadh.com. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
  4. ^ "العرفج يؤسس "ملتقى الروح الثقافي" بشيكاغو". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز (2020). غيوم المحبة : ديوان شعر نبطي (in Arabic) (1st ed.). ISBN 978-603-8324-78-3.
  6. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز (2018). رعشات بين البكاء و الرعب : قصص قصيرة / Raʻshāt bayna al-bukāʼ wa-al-ruʻb : qiṣaṣ qaṣīrah (in Arabic). Beirut: مؤسسة الإنتشار العربي،, Bayrūt : Muʼassasat al-Intishār al-ʻArabī, 2018. ISBN 9789953931456. OCLC 1141735673.
  7. ^ نور, مكتبة. "كتاب رعشات بين البكاء والرعب". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h ياسر, آية (7 December 2020). "محمد العرفج يؤكد أن مثقف الأمس يختلف عن مثقف اليوم | آية ياسر". MEO (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  9. ^ "ثقافة وفنون : نادي القصة اليمني ينظم أمسية (الرواية السعودية المعاصرة رواية الدور الأعلى نموذجاً)". sahafaa.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز (2017). سقط اللوى : رواية للفتيان / Siqṭ al-liwá : riwāyah lil-fityān (in Arabic). Hail: نادي حائل الأدبي الثقافي،, Ḥāʼil : Nādī Ḥāʼil al-Adabī al-Thaqāfī, . ISBN 9786039086932. OCLC 1193218981.
  11. ^ "سقط اللوى (رواية للشباب) لـ محمد عزيز العرفج". nawadr.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  12. ^ "وقعت دار #سما_للنشر_والتوزيع_الكويت مع الكاتب والروائي السعودي : #محمد_عزيز_العرفج لنشر اصداره القادم… http://instagram.com/p/sh0N-VhfBu/" [signed dar #سما_للنشر_والتوزيع_الكويت With the Saudi writer and novelist: #محمد_عزيز_العرفج To publish the next edition...]. Twitter (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  13. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز. أحاسيس امرأة (in Arabic). ISBN 978-603-8301-12-8.
  14. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز. أحاسيس امراة : تشكيل . نحت . أورجامي (in Arabic) (1st ed.). ISBN 978-603-8301-13-5.
  15. ^ عرفج, محمد عزيز (2019). خرافات الصحوة الإسلامية : دراسات / Khurāfāt al-ṣaḥwah al-Islāmīyah : dirāsāt (in Arabic). Cairo: مؤسسة أروقة للدراسات والترجمة والنشر : مركز رؤية للدراسات،, al-Qāhirah : Muʼassasat Arwiqah lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Tarjamah wa-al-Nashr : Markaz Ruʼyah lil-Dirāsāt. ISBN 9789777971898. OCLC 1104685524.
  16. ^ عرفج, محمد عزيز (2019). الحكاية الشعبية والشعر الشفاهي في المسرح والقصة والرواية : دراسات / al-Ḥikāyah al-shaʻbīyah wa-al-shiʻr al-shafāhī fī al-masraḥ wa-al-qiṣṣah wa-al-riwāyah : dirāsāt (in Arabic). Najran: النادي الأدبي الثقافي بنجران، Najrān : al-Nādī al-Adabī al-Thaqāfī bi-Najrān, . ISBN 9789777972123. OCLC 1122542928.
  17. ^ "روائي سعودي: الموروث الشعبي كان رافدا لأدباء كثيرين". العربية (in Arabic). 28 January 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  18. ^ نور, مكتبة. "كتاب الحكاية الشعبية والشعر الشفاهي في المسرح والقصة القصيرة والرواية". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  19. ^ عرفج, محمد عزيز. جذور الشعر النبطي في فن الترنيم و الأوزان و تأصيل الشعر النبطي و مراحل تطوره و تأثره بالحميني و المدرسة الصوفية (in Arabic). مؤسسة هماليل للإعلام. OCLC 1291960392.
  20. ^ نور, مكتبة. "كتاب جذور الشعر النبطي". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  21. ^ العرفج, محمد عزيز. الموروث الشعبي في السرد العربي (in Arabic). Riyadh: المجلة العربية. OCLC 1049184190.
  22. ^ Limited, Elaph Publishing (29 April 2014). "كتاب "ربّان الفنون الشعبية" للباحث العرفج". Elaph – إيلاف (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ نور, مكتبة. "كتاب جذور الشعر النبطي". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  24. ^ "طرح الخزامى في كتاب عن المرشدي". alriyadh.com. 27 March 2014.
  25. ^ "مقال العرفج في كتاب عن رحيل الجهيمان". Alriyadh. 16797.
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