Nimah Ismail Nawwab

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Nimah Ismail Nawwab
نعمة إسماعيل نواب
Born
Malaysia
NationalitySaudi Arabian
Occupation(s)Poet, photographer, activist
Notable workThe Unfurling, Canvas of the Soul

Nimah Ismail Nawwab is a Saudi Arabian poet, activist, photographer and writer. [1]

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Biography

Nimah Ismail Nawwab was born in Malaysia and is of Saudi Arabian descent. She comes from a line of Meccan scholars. [2] Her father is Ismail I. Nawwab, a former professor of linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. [3] [4] Nawwab grew up speaking three languages and her father read the Quran, Arabic poetry, and the plays of William Shakespeare to her. [4] She previously worked at Aramco. [3]

She was inspired to write poetry after meeting Naomi Shihab Nye. Her first internationally published poem was on the murder of Palestinian child Muhammad al-Durrah. [5] Her earliest poetry focused on issues in Palestine and Iraq. [4] Nawwab writes in English and her poetry discusses youth issues, women's issues, sexism, religion, and Saudi culture and society. [6] [7] [4]

Her second book Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia, is inspired by Sufism and features spiritual themes. [8] [4] Her work has also been featured in Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry. [9]

Her photography has been featured in Aramco World and Theodore Friend's book Woman, Man, and God in Modern Islam. [10] Nawwab is the first Saudi woman poet to be published in the United States. [2] [6] She is also the first Saudi poet to publicly sign their work. [11] [10]

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    • Crosby, Kelly (2013). "Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia". Azizah. 7 (3): 26.