Fawziyya al-Sindi

Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957) is a Bahraini poet and activist. She has published six collections of poetry since 1982 and her work has been translated into several languages.^[1]

Biography

Fawziyya was born in Manama, Bahrain in 1957. She has been acknowledged as one of the first Bahraini women to seek an education abroad, having obtained a degree in commerce from the University of Cairo.^[2]

Fawziyya published six collections of Arabic poetry from 1998 to 2005. She is a member of the Bahraini Association of Writers and regularly writes as a columnist to regional magazines and publications like Banipal.^[2]

Publications

Akhir Al-Mahab (End of the Horizon) 1998
Malath Al-Rooh (Refuge of the Soul) 1991
Rahinat Al-Alam (Hostage to Pain) 2005

References

^ Banipal magazine
^ ^a ^b Paine, Patty; Lodge, Jeff; Touati, Samia, eds. (2011). Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry (1st ed.). Reading, UK: Ithaca Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780863723759.

External links

Official website

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[1] Banipal magazine

[Paine-2] Paine, Patty; Lodge, Jeff; Touati, Samia, eds. (2011). Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry (1st ed.). Reading, UK: Ithaca Press. p. 16. ISBN 9780863723759.

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