Fawziyya al-Sindi explained

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.

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/413/fawziyya_al-sindi/ Banipal magazine
  2. Book: Paine. Patty. Lodge. Jeff. Touati. Samia. Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry. 2011. Ithaca Press. Reading, UK. 9780863723759. 16. 1st.