Hasan al-Khayer
Hasan al-Khayer (died 1980) (Arabic: حسن الخيّر) was a Syrian poet born in Qardaha, Syria.
He was known for his abomination of sectarianism and for his altruism. He was a candid voice of patriotism. His most famous work is a poem called What Do I Say? in which he sarcastically and invincibly criticized both the government and soulless and sanctimonious militant terrorists who together crippled life in Syria in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1][2][3]
He was kidnapped and killed, in 1980. His body has never been found. This fate made him known by some in the Arab world, as the Federico García Lorca of Arabs. Benevolence and magnanimity are veritable and bona fide traits of Hasan Alkhayer's personality.
He campaigned in support of the literacy of women in the 1960s and fought against obscurantism throughout his life. He believed that repression is one of the basic causes of cultural retrogression and works only to knit the repressed.
References
- ^ "القصيدة التي أعدم بسببها الشاعر السوري حسن الخيّر بعد قطع لسانه" [The poem for which the Syrian poet was executed Good after cutting off his tongue.]. مركز الشرق العربي للدراسات الاستراتيجية والحضارية (Arab East Center for Civilizational Studies Strategy) (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ الخيّر, حسن. "القصيدة التي أعدم بسببها الشاعر السوري حسن الخيّر" [Association of Levant Writers - The poem for which the Syrian poet Hassan al-Khair was executed]. رابطة أدباء الشام [Association of Levant Writers] (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ الخير, حسن. "ماذا اقول للشاعر السوري حسن الخير ...القصيدة التي قتلت قائلها" [What can I say to the Syrian poet Hassan al-Khair? The poem that killed her saying.]. الهدهد: صحيفة اليكترونية عربية بخمس لغات عالمية (Al-Hudh) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-11-09.