List of Arabic-language poets

List of Arabic language poets, most of whom were or are Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. The alphabetical order is by first names.

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Alphabetical list

A

• Ahmadou Bamba (1853–1927)
• Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
• Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
• Abdallah Zrika (1953)
• Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (d.630)
• Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
• Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 1230)
• Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886–1958)
• Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999)
• Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
• Abdel Latif Moubarak (b. 1964)
• Abdel Mohsin Musellem (b.1958)
• Abderrahman El Majdoub (d. 1568)
• Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
• Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
• Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
• Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
• Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
• Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari (1212–1269)
• Abu Nuwas (750–813)
• Abu Tammam (c. 805–845)
• Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828)
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
• Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
• al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
• al-Buhturi (820–897)
• al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
• al-Fath ibn Khaqan (817–861)
• Adunis (b. 1928–)
• Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975–)
• 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)
• al-Khansa (600–670)
• Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973–1057)
• Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
• Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
• al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)
• Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
• 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
• Asma bint Marwan

B

• Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
• Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967–1007)
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
• Bashshar ibn Burd (714–784)
• Bashir Copti, (1929–) (بشير عيسى قبطي)
• Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)- composed mainly in Urdu and Persian

F

• Fadwa Toukan (1917–2003)
• Farhat, Southern Mahjari^[1]
• Fawzi Maluf (d. 1930), figure of the Mahjar^[2]
• Francis Marrash (1836–1873)

G

• Jibra'il Dallal^[3]

H

• Hafiz Ibrahim (1872–1932)
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
• Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
• Hilmi M. Zawati (b.1953) (حلمي زواتي)

I

• Ibn al-Farid (1181–1235
• Ibn al-Khatib (1313–1374)
• Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
• Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
• Ibn Duraid (837–934)
• Ibn Juzayy (1321–1340)
• Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
• Ibn Quzman (1078–1160)
• Ibn Munadhir (d. 814)
• Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212–1251)
• Ibn Zaydún (1003–1071)
• Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742–804)
• Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953)
• Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941
• Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
• Iman Mersal
• Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
• Ismail ibn Yasar al-Nisai
• Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

J

• Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
• Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
• Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)

K

• Kulaib ibn Rabiah (5th century)
• Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
• Kahlil Gibran (1883– 1931)
• Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791)
• Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
• Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
• Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)
• Khalifa Niass (1881–1959)

L

• Labīd (560–661)
• Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)

M

• Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014)
• Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
• Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
• Mana Al Otaiba, (b. 1946)
• Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
• Maram al-Masri (b. 1962)
• Maruf al Rusafi
• Maryana Marrash (1848–1919)
• Masoud Juni (1938-1991)
• Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)
• Mohammed Abdalbari (b. 1985)
• Mohammed Bennis (1948–)
• Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (d. 1708)
• Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
• Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
• Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040–1095)
• Muhammad ibn Ammar (c. 1031–1086)
• Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
• Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
• Muhammed Almagut (1934–2006)
• Muhannad Al-Shawi, (b. 1974)
• Malick Sy (1855–1922)

N

• Najma Idrees
• Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007)
• Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998)

O

• Orkhan Muyassar (1911?–1965), surrealist author^[4]

Q

• al-Qarawi, Southern Mahjari^[1]
• Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
• Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)

S

• Saadi Youssef (1934–2021)
• Said Akl (1911–2014)
• Salah Jaheen (1930–1986)
• Salah Labaki (1906–1955)
• Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
• Samih al-Qasim (20th century)
• Sidi Boushaki (1394–1453)

T

• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
• Tawfiq Sayigh (d. 1971), modernist proponent of prose poetry^[2]
• Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994)

U

• 'Umar Abu Rishah (1910–1990)
• Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 712)

W

• Waddah al-Yaman (d. 708)
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (994–1091)

Y

• Yusuf Ghusub (b. 1900), Lebanese symbolist^[5][2]

Z

• Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609)

See also

• Arabic literature
• Modern Arabic literature
• Arabic poetry
• List of Arabic-language writers

References

Footnotes

1. Jayyusi 1977, p. 362.
2. Allen 2012, p. 70.
3. Al Jundi, Adham. "al-A'lam: Gabriel al-Dallal (1836–1892 AD)". Al Moqtabas. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020.
4. Jayyusi 1977, pp. 513–517.
5. Moreh 1976, p. 311.

Sources

• Allen, R.M.A. (2012). "Arabic poetry". In Greene, Roland; et al. (eds.). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (4th rev. ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 65–72. ISBN 978-0-691-15491-6.
• Jayyusi, Salma Khadra (1977). Trends and Movements in Modern Arabic Poetry. Vol. 2. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-04920-7.
• Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul, eds. (1998a). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 1. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-18571-8.
• Meisami, Julie Scott; Starkey, Paul, eds. (1998b). Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Vol. 2. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-18572-6.
• Moreh, S. (1976). Modern Arabic Poetry 1800–1970: The Development of its Forms and Themes under the Influence of Western Literature. Studies in Arabic Literature, 5. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-04795-6.