# Nader Kadhim

Nader Hassan Ali Kadhim (Arabic: نادر حسن علي كاظم; born 1973) is a Bahraini writer, academic and cultural critic. He was a professor of Cultural Studies, University of Bahrain and a co-editor of Information and Communication Journal, issued by the International Centre for Media and Communication Studies in London.

## Early life and career

Born in the village of Al Dair in 1973, Kadhim completed his primary, intermediate and secondary education in government schools. He then enrolled in University of Bahrain where he earned a B.A. in Arabic language and literature in 1995 and Master's degree in Modern Criticism in 2001. Between 1995 and 2003 he worked as a part-time lecturer and research assistant in University of Bahrain and then as teacher in government schools. In 2003, he earned his PhD in Arabic literature from the Cairo-based Institute of Arab Research and Studies of the Arab League. He currently works as Professor of Cultural Studies at University of Bahrain. He is also the editor of two literature magazines published by the same university.
Although Kadhim was born to a Shia family, he sees it as no more than a historical coincidence which "does not entail anything". In an interview with Al-Waqt newspaper, he stated that joining college in 1991 was an important turn in his life which until then had been influenced by the Islamic revival in the early 1980s. Kadhim recalled that he took part in several religious activities in his childhood. He refused to be classified as Islamist, Shia Islamist or even Shia intellectual, but considered the Islamic faith and culture that he grew up with as a paving factor to his embracing of postmodernist ideas and distancing him from modernism. Since the early 1990s, Kadhim has shown increasing interest in the critical theory and cultural studies.
In February 2007, Kadhim was honored by Al-Wasat newspaper for his "contributions to the intellectual and cultural" debate in Bahrain. During the event, Mansoor al-Jamri, the editor-in-chief of Al-Wasat praised Kadhim for his anti-sectarian writings and said he was an exceptional writer. Several other academics and journalists praised him as well.

## Publications

Kadhim is author to many literature and cultural criticism articles and studies published in Bahraini Arabic media. He has published 16 books, two of them earning the "Bahraini outstanding book" award in 2003 and 2004 and the Gulf creative persons’ literary achievements Medal in the field of studies and intellectual production from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
| Title | Translated title | Year | Publisher | ISBN |
| المقامات والتلقي | Maqamat and Reception | 2003 | Ies & Ministry of Information of Bahrain | 9953-36-050-2 |
| عبد الله الغذامى و الممارسة النقدية و الثقافية | Abdulla al-Ghathami and the Cultural Critical Practice | 2003 | Institute of Arab Research and Studies & Ministry of Information of Bahrain | 9953-36-001-4 |
| تمثيلات الآخر | Representations of the Other | 2004 | Institute of Arab Research and Studies & Ministry of Information of Bahrain | 9953-36-149-5 |
| الهوية والسرد | Identity and Narrative | 2006 | Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa institute for culture and research | 9953368791 9789953368795 |
| طبائع الاستملاك | Natures of Acquisition | 2007 | Institute of Arab Research and Studies & Ministry of Information of Bahrain | 99901-90-56-9 |
| استعمالات الذاكرة | Uses of Memory | 2008 | Fakhrawi bookshop | 9789990153620 |
| خارج الجماعة | Outside the Group | 2009 | Al Ayam Foundation for Press, Printing and Publishing | 9789990194579 9990194572 |
| كراهيات منفلتة | Unbridled Hatreds | 2010 | Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc. | 9786140100602 6140100607 |
| إنقاذ الأمل | Saving Hope | 2013 | Masaa Publishing & Distribution | 9789995870157 |
| لا أحد ينام في المنامة | No one Sleeps in Manama: History, Place and People. | 2019 | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| الشيخ والتنوير | The Sheikh and Enlightenment | 2021 | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| Manama: The City That Never Sleeps | Manama: The City That Never Sleeps | 2021 | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| تاريخ الأشياء" عن الشارع، والمقبرة واشياء أخرى | History of Things: On the Street, the Cemetery, and Other | 2021 | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| أمة لا اسم لها: من بناء الأمة إلى تفكّكها | A Nation That Has No Name | 2022 | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| بانيان البحرين: التاريخ، والتجار، والدين، والحياة المدنية | Banyan of Bahrain: History, Trade, Religion and Civic Life | (in press) | Dar Sual Publishing | |
| ما الأمة؟ مختارات مرجعية عن الأمة والقومية | What is the nation? Reference anthologies on the nation and nationalism | (in press) | Takween Publishing | |
| Africanism: Blacks in the Medieval Arab Imaginary | Africanism: Blacks in the Medieval Arab Imaginary | (expected to be published on September 15, 2023) | Miguel Quinn University Press. | |