Ghanima al-Harb
Ghanima al-Harb | |
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غنيمة زيد الحرب  | |
| Born | 1949 |
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| Occupation | Poet, social worker |
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Ghanima Zayd 'Abd Allah al-Harb (born 1949) is a Kuwaiti poet and social worker.
Ghanima al-Harb was born in 1949 in Kuwait, the daughter of the popular Kuwaiti poet Zaid al-Harb.[1] She graduated with a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Kuwait University in 1974 and worked as a social worker.[2] She published poetry in both classical and contemporary Arabic, and some of her poetry was set to music using the pseudonym Fatat al-Khalij ("Young Woman of the Gulf").[2] English translations of her poems "Escaping from the Coma Cage" and "The Sparkle" were included in the anthology Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry (2011).[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Qasa'id qafas al-ihtilal (Poems on the Cage of the Occupation, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1991.[2]
- Hadil al-hamam (The Dove's Coo, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1993.[2]
- Ajnihat al-rimal (Wings of the Sands, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1993.[2]
- Fi khaymat al-halak (In the Tent of the Pitch Black, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, n.d.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry. Internet Archive. Reading, UK : Ithaca Press. 2011. pp. 96–98. ISBN 978-0-86372-374-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e f Achour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial Jabouri; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna (2008). Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999. Cairo: American university in Cairo press. ISBN 978-977-416-146-9.
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