Zain Abdul Hady

Zain al-Din Muhammad Abdul Hady () (born 1 December 1956) is an Egyptian researcher, novelist and writer.

Life

His mother Zainab was the only daughter of a fisherman from Port Said. His father worked for Al Ahram newspaper in Cairo from 1969 to 1993. Zain is the eldest of six brothers.

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 master's degree from the same department in the field of information science, the thesis of his master was titled Expert systems for reference services in IDSC Library. In 1998, he obtained his PhD degree in the field of information science; the thesis was titled The online databases industry in Egypt.

Dr. Abdul Hady holds the academic rank of Professor, and he chaired as Head of the Department of Libraries and Information science 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, and between May 2011 and May 2012 worked as chairman of public authority of the Egyptian National Library and Archives.

Works

Scientific publications

Computer in School Library, 1993. (Arabic: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ³ÃÂÃÂ¨ ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ¨ÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂ±ÃÂ³ÃÂÃÂ©).
Automatic Systems in Libraries, 1995. (Arabic: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¸ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂÃÂ© ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ¨ÃÂ§ÃÂª).
The Internet; The World at your Monitor, 1995. (Arabic: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¹ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ´ÃÂ§ÃÂ´ÃÂ© ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ±)
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in Libraries. (Arabic: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ°ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ¡ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂµÃÂ·ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ¹ÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¸ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ®ÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂ±ÃÂ© ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ¨ÃÂ§ÃÂª).
Library Information Sources on The World Wide Web, 2001.(Arabic: ÃÂÃÂµÃÂ§ÃÂ¯ÃÂ± ÃÂÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ¨ÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ´ÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂ© ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂª).
Modern Educational and Technological Developments in School Library, 2003. (Arabic:ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ·ÃÂÃÂ±ÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ±ÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂÃÂ© ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂªÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¬ÃÂÃÂ© ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ«ÃÂ© ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ¨ÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂ±ÃÂ³ÃÂÃÂ©)
The Industry of Information Services, 2004. (Arabic: ÃÂµÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ¹ÃÂ© ÃÂ®ÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª).
Internet Search Engines, 2006. (Arabic: ÃÂÃÂÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂ« ÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂª).
Metadata, 2006. (Arabic: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂªÃÂ§ÃÂ¯ÃÂ§ÃÂªÃÂ§).
Information and Communication Technology in Parliamentary Context Ã¢ÂÂ An Instructive Handbook, 2006. (Arabic: ÃÂªÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ¬ÃÂÃÂ§ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¹ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂªÃÂµÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂª ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ³ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¨ÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ Ã¢ÂÂ ÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂ³ÃÂªÃÂ±ÃÂ´ÃÂ§ÃÂ¯ÃÂ).

Fiction

Novels

The Seasons, (1995). (Arabic: Al-Mawasem ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ³ÃÂ).
Ripping off Rags,(2005). (Arabic: Al-Tasaheel fee Naz' el-Halaheel ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂªÃÂ³ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ²ÃÂ¹ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
Mice Euphoria, (2006). (Arabic: Marah al-Fe'ran ÃÂÃÂ±ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¦ÃÂ±ÃÂ§ÃÂ)
Apollo's Blood, (2008). (Arabic): Dima' Apollo ÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂ¡ ÃÂ£ÃÂ¨ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ)
Palace of Nile Lion, (March 2011). (Arabic): Asad Kasr ElNil ÃÂ£ÃÂ³ÃÂ¯ ÃÂÃÂµÃÂ± ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ)

Short Stories

From 1986 until the present time, Dr. Abdul Hady has published around 35 short stories in Egyptian literary magazines and Arabic newspapers.

References

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/future-dar-al-kotob-qa-zain-abdul-hady
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentPrint/18/0/42024/Books/0/Egypts-National-Library-and-Archives-sees-protest-.aspx
http://25online.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1391%3A2011-12-19-13-21-30&catid=2%3Anews-ticker&Itemid=39&lang=en