Mohammed Abdul-Hayy or Muhammad Abd al-Hayy (1 January 1944 – 23 August 1989) was a member of the first generation of post-colonial Sudanese writers and academics.
Mohammed Abdul-Hayy was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Khartoum University in 1967, and then appointed as teaching assistant in the English department.
After obtaining his PhD, Abdul-Hayy returned to Sudan, teaching English and comparative literature at Khartoum University.
It focused on the question of Sudanese cultural identity, and used the historical Kingdom of Sennar as a symbol of African and Arabic coexistence.
Upon its publication, Al Awada alla Sennar gained widespread acclaim within the Arab speaking world.