Girl of the Arabs

OUSHA BINT KHALIFA AL SUWAIDI

Honouring the late Poet Laureate of the United Arab Emirates
Fatat Al Arab - Ousha the Poet

The late Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi is widely recognised as one of the great Nabati poets of the 20th century. She was highly influential on the nation’s culture and left a vitally important mark on Arab literature.

Under the Patronage of HE Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi
Personal Representative of His Highness the President of the United Arab Emirates
Founding Patron & President of the Al Suwaidi Foundation and Family Council

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Al Ain in 1920, Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi was born into a literature and poetry loving family that would shape her legacy.

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