List of Saudi poets

This is a list of poets from the Western Asian country of Saudi Arabia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

Mahmud Arif

• Muhammad al Ali (born 1932)

• Mohammed Alrotayyan

• Muhammad Said Al Amudi (1905 – 1991)

• Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari (1907 – 1983)

• Mahmud Arif (1909– 2001)
• Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar (1916 – 1991)

F

• Muhammed Hasan Faqi (1912 – 2004)
• Ashraf Fayadh (born 1980) ^[1]

G

• Naif Gahani (born 1968)

• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (1940 – 2010) ^[2]

H

Abdullah al-Hamid

• Hamad al-Hajji (1939 – 1988)
• Abdullah al-Hamid (1950 – 2020)

• Saad Al-Hamidin (born 1947)

• Abdul Aziz al-Harbi (born 1965)

• Mohammed Al Herz (born 1967)

• Hissa Hilal

• Ahmad al-Hilali (born 1974)

• Ibrahim Al-Hsawi (born 1964)

I

• Abdullah bin Idris (1929 – 2021)

J

• Raed Al-Jishi, translator (born 1976)

K

• Hamza Kashgari (born 1989)

• Fawziyya Abu Khalid (born 1955)

M

Abdel Mohsin Musellem

• Belques Melhem (born 1977)

• Ahmad al-Muhsini (1744 – 1831)

• Abdel Mohsin Musellem (born 1958)

• Hind al-Mutayri

N

• Nimah Ismail Nawwab

• Hisham Nazer (1952 – 2015)

O

• Mutlaq Hamid Al-Otaibi (1937 – 1995)

Q

Aid al-Qarni

• Thuraya Qabil (born 1943)

• Aid al-Qarni (born 1959)
• Ahmad Qandil (1911 – 1979)
• Hasan Abdullah Al-Qurashi (1930 – 2004)

R

• Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid (1788 – 1848), Nabati poet ^[3]

• Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid (born 1989)

• Musaid al-Rashidi, nabataean poet (1962 – 2017)

S

Saud Al Kabeer bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

• Mohammed Suroor Sabban (1898 – 1972)
• Nayef bin Abdulaziz (1934 – 2012)
• Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1925 – 1985)
• Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923 – 2007)
• Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud (1949 – 2024)
• Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932 – 2000)

• Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud (1943 – 2011)

• Saud Al Kabeer bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1882 – 1959)
• Husain Sirhan (1916 – 1993)

• Nuri bin Hazaa Al Shalaan (1847 – 1942)

• Abdulrahman Adel Al-Shammari (born 1974)

• Turki Al-Sheikh (born 1981)
• Hamza Shehata (1911 – 1972)

T

• Abdullah Thabit (born 1973)

Z

• Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri (born 1938)
• Abu Turab al-Zahiri (1923 – 2002)
• Abd al-Wahhab Abu Zayd (born 1970)
• Rashid Al Zlami (1926 – 2014)

Notes

• Poetry portal

1. "Saudi court sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy: HRW".
2. Mostyn, Trevor (2010-08-24). "Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-04-25.
3. Sowayan, Saad Abdullah (2023-11-15), "IV. POETRY AND REGIONAL POLITICS", Nabati Poetry, University of California Press, pp. 67–88, doi:10.1525/9780520335073-005/html, ISBN   978-0-520-33507-3 , retrieved 2025-04-24