Zain Abdul Hady
Zain al-Din Muhammad Abdul Hady 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. 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..
- Automatic Systems in Libraries, 1995..
- The Internet; The World at your Monitor, 1995.
- Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in Libraries..
- Library Information Sources on The World Wide Web, 2001..
- Modern Educational and Technological Developments in School Library, 2003.
- The Industry of Information Services, 2004..
- Internet Search Engines, 2006..
- Metadata, 2006..
- Information and Communication Technology in Parliamentary Context – An Instructive Handbook, 2006..
Fiction
;Novels- The Seasons,..
- Ripping off Rags,.
- Mice Euphoria,.
- Apollo's Blood,.
- Palace of Nile Lion,.
From 1986 until the present time, Dr. Abdul Hady has published around 35 short stories in Egyptian literary magazines and Arabic newspapers.