Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

male, deceased (810)
Pederasty in the Middle East, Pederasty in the Muslim world, Ahvaz, Pederastic poetry, arab, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights…Arabicpoet, Arabic poetry, poet
Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami, was a renowned Arabic poet. Born in the city of Ahvaz in Persia, he was of Arab and Persian descent. He is...
Nizar Qabbani

Nizar Qabbani

male, deceased (1998)
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani, From Damascus, arab world, diplomat, Syrian, writer…Arabicpoet, poet
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (21 March 1923 - 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance...
Al-Ma'Arri

Al-Ma'Arri

male, deceased (1057)
Fusul wal ghayat, writer, philosopher, vegetarian, 11th century, Syrian…Arabicpoet
Abu al-Ala' Ahmed ibn Abd Allah ibn Sullaiman al-Tanookhy al-Ma'arri (Arabic: أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري. December 26, 9...
Al-Khansa

Al-Khansa

female
Arabic women writer, Women writer, death, Arabicpoet, Tumadir bint Amru al-Harith bint al-Sharid, in poetry…poet
Tumadir bint Amru al-Harith bint al-Sharid, usually simply referred to as Al-Khansa (Arabic translated as either "gazelle" or "short-nosed") was a...
Al-Farazdaq

Al-Farazdaq

male, deceased (732)
Kadhima, 730 in poetry, 728 in poetry, kuwait, Hammam ibn Ghalib Abu Firas, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad…Arabicpoet, poet
Hammam ibn Ghalib Abu Firas, commonly known as al-Farazdaq (Ar. "lump of dough") (ca. 641 - ca. 728-730) was an Arab poet. He was born in Kadhima...
Khalil Ibn Ahmad

Khalil Ibn Ahmad

male, deceased (791)
Medieval linguist, Arabicpoet, writer, From Basra, arab, sunni…Arabic poetry
Khalíl ibn Ahmad Al Farāhídi was a writer and philologist from southern Arabia (modern day Oman) who compiled the first dictionary of the Arabic lan...
Muhammad Ibn Abbad al Mutamid

Muhammad Ibn Abbad al Mutamid

male, deceased (1095)
Almoravids, Moorish writer, Muslim, Arabicpoet, sevilla, castilian…poet
Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid, was the third and last ruler (reigned 1069-1091) of Sevilla in Spain from Abbadid dynasty. After the death of his...
Ibn Ammar

Ibn Ammar

male, deceased (1086)
poet, Muslim, Arabicpoet, chess, Al-andalus, seville
Ibn Ammar (c. 1031-c. 1086) was a Spanish Muslim poet from Silves who became prime minister of the "taifa" of Seville. Though he was poor and of no...
Abu Tammam

Abu Tammam

male, deceased (845)
Tayy, Epic poetry, epic, Homs, Hamadan, Arabic poetry…poet, Arabicpoet
Abu Tammam (Habib ibn Aus) Arabic, أبو تمام حبيب بن أوس was an Arab poet of the tribe of Tayy (though some say he was the son of a Christian apothe...

Imru' Al-Qais

male
Kulib and Al-Muhalhl, The Republic of Yemen, Fatmah bint Rabi’ah, Imru’ al-Qais Ibn Aban, Imru'u al Quais, Ibn Hujr Al-Kindi, pre-Islamic…The Divans of the six ancient Arabic Poet, classical Arabic, Arabicpoet
Ameru' al-Qays, or Imru'u al Quais, Ibn Hujr Al-Kindi, Arabic (امرؤ القيس بن حجر بن الحارث الكندي), was an Arabian poet of the 6th century, the auth...