At the age of 17, a high school student, Emirati Ibrahim Al Hammadi, dreams of being a well-known literary name in the world of the Arabic novel, and an influential voice in society ... a dream that seems to be launched in his realization very early, by engaging a child in the field of writing and before reading, which He was brought to Al-Hammadi from his early years, inspired by the experience of his family environment, specifically his aunt, who was a passionate reader and creative writer. Social conditions isolated her from publishing his creations of stories and novels. He continued her dream of her nephew Ibrahim Al-Hammadi. Reveal my ideas early "I did not become that kid, but rather I grew up with the imaginations of my novels."

Al-Hammadi told «Emirates Today»: «When you are a secretive person who saves his thoughts, thoughts, and attitudes towards reality and his personalities, and finds it more difficult every time to express what he has in mind, you have no refuge except to disclose the paper to communicate your messages to people», pointing: “I have friends who communicate With them and I interact a lot, but I am a secretive person by nature, I do not express my thoughts permanently and directly to those around me, and this is what pushed me towards my books in the beginning, so I was writing between its lines what I cannot say in reality ».

"Neglected lines"

With pride and pride, Ibrahim Al Hammadi talks about the first novel he spent in 2019 at the Sharjah International Book Fair "Neglected Lines", his first successful creative work in which he devoted a dream to writing a novel, through which he blended the reality of the characters with a young man's imagination, his writer set out to convey it through realistic events and psychological accumulations Stations of life manifest themselves in their intricate details, to refer us to the laboratory of human discoveries with their dimensions, details and hiddenness, through various intersections such as love and hate, hope and disappointment, good and evil, and then the paths of their thorny characters in achieving victory and victory.

Difficulties and challenges

And about his breakthrough in the world of novel writing, Al-Hammadi pointed to the great challenges he faced in the process of publishing his first novel, and related to the cost and heavy budgets required by this process, saying: “Publishing itself is a difficult topic, because all publishing houses that I contacted were imposing high amounts that I could not On it, and this in itself is a big obstacle in the way of rising pens, the publishing obstacle has become almost impossible. ”Not at all:“ I contacted more than 15 publishing houses, all asking for amounts of up to 15 thousand dirhams, and this is an imaginary amount for a secondary student, as was the subject Asking for help from my family was not on the table at the time, they did not take me seriously, for you Ne in the end I challenged myself and opened the door in cooperation with Dar (coffee for publication and distribution) that the UAE, Damtna to put my work on the scene ».

Positive feedbacks

“We are a very educated society.” With this phrase, Al Hammadi described the wave of unlimited support he later received from his family, friends and acquaintances, as well as from the Emirati cultural community, whose personalities supported him with interest, attendance and support at the signing ceremony of his first book at the Sharjah Exhibition, as well as the festival authority and its organizers , Who opened a wide space for him to present his narrative experience and discuss it during the exhibition's activities, pointing to the positive resonance that the novel left behind the readers by saying: “Despite my humble beginnings in the world of writing, I remain happy with the positive resonance that my experience left in (neglected lines), and I may have resorted to These processors to stories and simple plots of art, which adopted the narrative style simple, to uncover the mysteries of the characters and their subdivisions and manifestations of weakness and strengths, and this I think more than the exploits of the novel in which every reader finds himself or (other) the opposite way or another ».

Dreams

Young Emirati writer Ibrahim Al Hammadi is excited about talking about the creative writing approach, which he attached to and bet on continuing in the future, revealing to «Emarat Al Youm», the news of his second release, “Who Killed My Father”, which Al Hammadi will soon introduce, and it is a realistic novel Influential by her successive events and exciting characters, as well as her discoveries, which I hope will receive the impact and echo that she deserves among readers, as it is a consecration of some of the manifestations of maturity that I reached after my first novelist experience.

Stimulating environment

It seems that Ibrahim Al Hammadi, who lives in the Pearl Island (Dalma) opposite the coasts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has succeeded in investing in the picturesque natural environment of the place located at sea, with its clear blue water and fresh seasonal fruit fields, as well as the greenness of its orchards extending throughout the eye, recognizing: « Like the people of the island, I rely on maritime and air transport to get there and move from other places, but this thing never restricts me, because I move easily whenever I have the opportunity to meet or literary or cultural demonstration or book exhibitions held in the state. As for writing, I do not deny that the quiet life on the island and the simplicity of living here inspired me and always motivated me to meditate and think and then to write, and this is why I consider Dalma with its enchanting environment ... inspired by all standards.

Words have her life

Al-Hammadi does not give up in the beginning and the path of realizing the dream, from the principles he has always believed in and dedicated to achieving his goals. To make a difference. ”He remarked:“ By writing I got involved in the approach to making an impact, and this decision is the beginning of a long way I took with books, and I clung to it with the words I believed in. ”

• “I contacted 15 publishing houses, all of them requested amounts up to 15,000 dirhams, and finally (Coffee Publishing) supported me.”

• “(Who Killed My Father) is a realistic novel influenced by its successive events and exciting characters.”