Fawziyya al-Sindi

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Fawziyya al-Sindi
Born1957 (age 67–68)
Manama, Bahrain
Nationality Bahraini
Education University of Cairo
Occupation(s)poet and activist
Known forpublished six collections of Arabic poetry, translated into several languages

Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957) is a Bahraini poet and activist. She has published six collections of poetry since 1982 and her work has been translated into several languages. [1]

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Biography

Fawziyya was born in Manama, Bahrain in 1957. She has been acknowledged as one of the first Bahraini women to seek an education abroad, having obtained a degree in commerce from the University of Cairo. [2]

Fawziyya published six collections of Arabic poetry from 1998 to 2005. She is a member of the Bahraini Association of Writers and regularly writes as a columnist to regional magazines and publications like Banipal. [2]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Banipal magazine
  2. 1 2 Paine, Patty; Lodge, Jeff; Touati, Samia, eds. (2011). Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry (1st ed.). Reading, UK: Ithaca Press. p. 16. ISBN   9780863723759.



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