About Hayder (CV)

• Religious movements and the sociology of religion
• Civil society in traditional cultures
• Political sociology and the study of democracy and human rights
• Culture and development
• Gender issues in Muslim countries

1. Democracy in the Sudan. Cairo, SSC, 1993
2. Cultural Diversity and Nation-Building. Cairo, SSC, 1995
3. Corruption and Pauperism in the Sudan. Cairo, SSC, 1995
4. The Impact of Socio-Cultural and Psychological Effects on Sudanese Children in the Diaspora. Cairo, SSC, 1996
5. Sudan: Culture and Development, Towards a Cultural Strategy. Cairo, SSC, 2000
6. Sudanese Political Parties. Cairo, SSC, 2000
7. Women and Creativity in the Sudan. Cairo, SSC, 2001
8. Sudan: Ethnicity and Democracy. Cairo, SSC, 2002
9. Sudanese Women in Public Life. Cairo, SSC, 2003
10. Reader in Democracy. Khartoum, SSC, 2008
11. Dictionary of Democracy. Khartoum, SSC, 2008
12. Strategic Report: The State of the Nation. Cairo and Khartoum, annual publication (12 issues)
13. 50 Years of the October Revolution. London, 2014
14. The Independence of the Sudan: 60 Years of Trial and Error. Cairo, 2015

1. "Development and Social Change Process in the Sudan", in Socioeconomic Formation in Arab Countries, Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 1982
2. "Integration of Women in Development Plans: Problems and Possibilities", Socio-Cultural Association for Women, Kuwait, 1982
3. "Impact of Expatriate Workers on Arab Culture: The Gulf Area Case", in Expatriate Workers in the Gulf Countries, Centre for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, 1983
4. "Sudan and Arab Unity: Specificity of Role and Affiliation", in El-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi (5), Beirut, 1985
5. "Sociology and Ideological Conflict in Arab Societies", in A. Abdel Ma'uti (ed.), Towards Arab Sociology, Beirut, 1986
6. "Strategy of Rural Development in Gulf Countries", in Dirasat Al-Khaleej wa Al-Jazeera Al-Arabia, no. 44, October 1985
7. "Sociology and Arab Actual Life", in Journal of the Faculty of Arts, UAE University, 1986
8. "Development of Sociology in Arab Countries", in Journal of Social Studies, Kuwait, 1987
9. "Sudanese Intelligentsia", in T. Labeeb (ed.), Arab Intelligentsia, Tunis, 1988
10. "Rural Development in the Sudan", Proceedings of the XII Congress of Sociology, Bologna, 1988 (in English)
11. "Sociological Study of Religion", in Taher Labeeb (ed.), Religion and Society, Centre for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, 1990
12. "Creativity and Underdevelopment", presented to a symposium of the Arab Sociological Association, Madrid, July 1990
13. "Future of a Crisis: Conflict in the Gulf", in Al-Wahda Journal, Rabat, March 1991
14. "Civil Society in the Sudan and Egypt", in Civil Society in Arab Countries Symposium, Centre for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, 1993
15. "Arabs and Africans: Reciprocal Images and the Burden of History", in Sudanese Writings, Cairo, July 1993
16. "Fundamentalism: History and Meaning", in Qadaya Fikriya Journal, Cairo, Summer 1993
17. "The Dialogue with the Islamic Movement", in al-Tariq Journal (Beirut), September 1994, no. 5
18. "Il Caso Sudanese", in Politica Internazionale, n. 2, anno XXII, aprile–giugno 1994, pp. 171–181 (in Italian)
19. "Reversed Modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism", in Qadaya Fikriya Journal, October 1995
20. "On Extremism and Violence", Oman, Ministry of Culture, January 1996
21. "The Role of Arab Intellectuals", Sharjah, UAE Book Fair, 1996
22. "Islamism in Practice: The Case of Sudan", in Laura Guazzone (ed.), The Islamist Dilemma, Ithaca Press, 1995, pp. 187–214
23. "Le Front national islamique", in Politique Africaine, 66, juin 1997, pp. 13–23 (in French)
24. "Politischer Islam und Zivilgesellschaft im Sudan", in Inamo, Nummer 11, Jahrgang 3, Herbst 1997, pp. 8–13 (in German)
25. "Sudanese Modern Political Formations", in M. el-Tigani (ed.), Democracy and Human Rights, Cairo, SHRO, 1997
26. "Totalitarianism and Human Rights", in Ala'a Qa'oud (ed.), Human Rights in the Arab World, Cairo, CIHRS, 1998
27. "National Culture and Diversity", in al-Nahj Journal (Beirut), Spring 1998, no. 50
28. "The Image of the Other: Sociology of Prejudice", in Tahir Labeeb (ed.), The Other in the Arab's Image, Beirut, Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1999
29. "The Possibilities and Obstacles of Social Change", in Habib Sadik (ed.), The Renewal of Political Thought for Change, Beirut, Cultural Council, 2001
30. "Sudanese Women Writers", in Memory for the Future: Arab Women Writers Encyclopedia, Cairo, Nour Publishers, 2002
31. "Der Sudan: Das Eigene und das Bild des Anderen. Konflikt der Identitäten", in K. Geisenheiner and K. Lange (Hrsg.), Bewegliche Horizonte, Leipzig, 2005

Weekly columns in Arabic and Sudanese newspapers in recent years, e.g. Al-Huriyya (Sudan) and Al-Sahafa (Sudan). Occasional writings in other newspapers: Al-Hayat (London), Al-Raya (Qatar), Al-Bayan (UAE) and Al-Ayyam (Sudan). Written contributions to publications of university students and civil society organizations.

• Symposium on "Oil and Social Change", Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11–16 January 1981
• The Second Regional Conference for Women in the Gulf Area, Kuwait, 28–31 March 1981
• "Development of Rural Arab Women", Amman, Jordan, 18–22 October 1982
• Symposium on "Expatriate Workforce in Gulf Countries", Kuwait, 15–18 January 1983
• The Third Regional Conference for Women in the Gulf Area, Abu Dhabi, 22–25 March 1984
• Conference on "Social Development in Arab Societies", Amman, Jordan, 9–12 July 1984
• Symposium on "Towards Arab Sociology", Tunis, 25–28 January 1985
• The XI International Congress of Sociology, New Delhi, India, 18–22 August 1986
• Symposium on "Arab Intelligentsia", Cairo, March 1987
• Symposium on "Prospects of the Arab Nation's Future", Tunis, October 1987
• The VII International Congress of Rural Sociology, Bologna, Italy, June 1988
• Symposium on "Rural Development and Cooperative Movement in Sudan", Medani, Sudan, 1–2 November 1988
• Erkweit Conference on "Nation Building", Khartoum, 19–23 November 1988
• Symposium on "Religion and Society in the Arab Countries", Cairo, 6–9 April 1989
• Seminar on "Arab Sociologists' Writing between Two Generations", Agadir, Morocco, 17–31 July 1989
• Symposium on "Public and Private Sectors in Arab Countries", Cairo, 14–17 May 1990
• Symposium on "Creativity in Arab Societies", Madrid, Spain, 6–8 July 1990
• The XII International Congress of Sociology, Madrid, 9–13 July 1990
• Symposium on "The Gulf Crisis", Rabat, Morocco, 9–11 November 1990
• The African Academy of Science, 6th Symposium of the Special Commission on Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, 1–4 April 1990
• Workshop on the politico-religious phenomenon, Tripoli, Libya, 28–30 June 1991
• Symposium on the present situation of Arab culture, Casablanca, Morocco, 28–29 November 1991
• Symposium on cultural dimensions of the new world system, Algiers, 21–22 December 1991
• Conference on civil society in Arab countries, Beirut, Lebanon, 22–25 January 1992
• "War and Society" symposium, Beirut, Lebanon, 25–26 January 1992
• Symposium on Arab culture and the other, Asilah, Morocco, 4–6 August 1992
• Human rights workshop, sponsored by the Fund for Peace, Cairo, Egypt, 16–19 November 1992
• Seminar on political Islam in the Middle East, sponsored by the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy, 12–15 December 1992
• Arabs in a changing world, symposium, Cairo, 16–19 January 1993
• Democracy and Civil Society, 2nd conference of the National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, April 1993
• Symposium on civil society and democracy, Tunis, 1–3 May 1993
• Symposium: Evaluation of Democracy in the Sudan, Cairo, 4–6 July 1993
• Sociology of Religion Conference, Rome, 12–14 July 1993
• Political Islam in the Middle East research group, Rome, Italy, November 1993
• Conference of the Sudanese Studies Association, Boston, April 1994
• XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 1994
• UN Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt, September 1994
• Symposium: Social Development, ESCWA, Amman, Jordan, September 1994
• Symposium: Social Movements in Africa, Cairo, December 1994
• CIVICUS NGO conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 1997
• Symposium: The Future of Arab Culture, Cairo, May 1997
• 2nd Arab Conference on NGOs, May 1997
• Education and Human Rights, symposium sponsored by the Arab Institute for Human Rights and the EU, Beirut, Lebanon, November 1997
• Symposium: Arab Thought, Present and Future, Kuwait, November 1997
• Arab Organization for Human Rights workshop on violence, Cairo, March 1998
• Conference on globalization and national identity, organized by the Higher Council for Culture, Cairo, April 1998
• Symposium on Arab thought in the 21st century, Damascus University, April 1998
• Symposium on Islam, democracy and civil society, Middle East Institute, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, July 1998
• Seminar on secularism and Muslim societies, Kyoto University, July 1998
• The XIV Conference of the International Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, August 1998
• Sudanese Academics' Conference, Cairo, August 1998
• Arab Charity Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, April 1999
• Symposium on Arab political parties, Amman, Jordan, May 1999
• The 2nd International Seminar on Iran–Arab Dialogue, Tehran, Iran, January 2002
• Symposium on development of cultures and culture of development, organized by DSE and BMZ, Berlin, Germany, March 2002
• Symposium on the Afro-Arab space and the regional and international challenges, Cairo, May 2002
• Arab Association of Sociology conference, Beirut, August 2002
• Seminar: Mass Media and Peace in the Sudan, organized by ICCO and Cordaid, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2002
• Symposium on human development in the Arab world, Beirut, January 2003
• Seminar on human development (UNDP), Cairo, January 2003
• Conference on dialogue of civilizations, El-Nileen University, Khartoum, March 2003
• Symposium on theology of liberation, organized by the Jesuits Center, Alexandria, May 2003
• Arab Intellectuals' Conference, Higher Council for Culture, July 2003
• Symposium on renewal of the Islamic discourse, organized by CIHRS and CERI, Paris, France, August 2003
• Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Arab Thought Foundation, Beirut, September 2003
• Conference: North Africa and Pan-Africanism, CODESRIA, Cairo, September 2003
• Symposium on Arab future prospects, Beirut, December 2003
• Symposium on religion and modernity, Jesuits Center, Alexandria, April 2004
• Conference on governance and international relations, organized by FES, Cairo, June 2004
• Conference on globalization and international security, IPW, Berlin, September 2004
• Arab–European Dialogue, Amman, Jordan, February 2005
• Conference on Arab reform, Alexandria Library, February 2005
• Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) annual meeting, hosted by ISS, Paris, France, May 2005
• Symposium on social movements in the Arab world, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Beirut, October 2005
• Symposium on decision making in Arab countries, Center for Arab Unity Studies, Beirut, July 2006
• Study group on developing research and rethinking development, CERES, Tunis, Tunisia, December 2006
• Conference on the child's language in the age of globalization, Arab League, Cairo, February 2007
• Workshop: What future for the movements of democratic change in the Arab world? CIHRS, Cairo, May 2007
• Symposium on Islamic movements and political space in Morocco and Arab countries, organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Marrakech University, June 2007
• Symposium on Arab–Islamic dialogue, by the Swedish Institute and the Center for Arab Unity Studies, Alexandria, December 2007
• Workshop on power, governance, resistance and the state of exception in Arab countries, AUB, Center for Arab Unity Studies and Arab Association of Sociology, Beirut, August 2008
• Regional conference "Children Have No Place in War", organized by the Information and Research Center, King Hussein Foundation and Childwatch International, Amman, Jordan, November 2008
• Seminar on the Sudanese crisis, organized by the Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, Cairo, September 2008
• Workshop on religion and freedom of expression, by CIHRS and CNRS, Paris, France, November 2008
• Advisory Board meeting of Casa Árabe, Madrid, Spain, January 2009
• Seminar on the state in the Muslim world, with special reference to the Sudan, Cordoba University, Spain, January 2009
• Annual meeting of the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), Alexandria, Egypt, 28 February – 1 March 2011
• ARI, Cairo, 11 May 2011
• ARI, Cairo, 11–12 July 2011
• Symposium on Sudan, by the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Doha, Qatar, 14–16 January 2012
• Conference on the future of the Arab Spring, by the Center for Arab Unity Studies and the Swedish Institute, Tunis, 5–9 February 2012
• Conference: Breaking Silence in Darfur, by the Arab Coalition for Darfur, Cairo, 4 February 2012
• Workshop on "The Arab Spring: One Year Later", Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Doha, 14 April 2012

1. Arab Association of Sociology, Tunis, 1985
2. International Sociological Association, Madrid, 1990
3. Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London, 1980
4. Arab Research Centre, Cairo, 1995
5. National Council for Arab Culture, Executive Committee, Rabat, Morocco, 1991–1995
6. Sudanese Human Rights Association, 1990
7. Member of the Editorial Board of the Arts Journal, UAE University, 1985–1987
8. Sudanese Writers Association, 1988
9. Kuwait Prize Committee, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, 1989
10. Third World Forum, Researchers Network for Arab Alternative Futures, Cairo, 1982–1990
11. Sociology of Religion Research Committee of the ISA, since 1990
12. Gezira University Staff Association, 1988
13. Arab Women Association, Cairo, 1996
14. Editor-in-chief of Idafat, journal of the Arab Association of Sociology, 1999
15. Member of the Editorial Board of the Arab Dialogue journal, published by the Arab Thought Forum, Beirut, Lebanon, 2002
16. Member of the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), since 2004
17. Member of the Advisory Board of Casa Árabe, Madrid, Spain, 2006
18. Consultant, CEDEJ Sudan project on Islam and society