The Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry is a literary prize launched in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in 2011 under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi. The award aims to honor one Emirati and one Arab figure in the field of Arabic poetry in each edition.
Honored Poets Edition Year Emirati Poet Arab Poet Country First 2011 Not awarded Mohamed Al-Tuhami Second 2012 Mohammed bin Hadir Mohammad Najib Al-Murad Third 2013 Abdulaziz Ismail Khalifa Al-Wuqayan Kuwait Fourth 2014 Salem Al-Zamr Haroun Hashim Rashid Palestine Fifth 2015 Abdullah Al-Hadiya Mohammed Ali Shamsuddin Sixth 2016 Ahmed Mohammed Obeid Rashid Issa Seventh 2017 Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim Muhyiddin Al-Fateh Eighth2018Abdulkarim MaatouqNoureddine Sammoud Ninth2019Saif Al-MariMohammed Al-Shahawi Tenth2020Talal SalemIsmail Zweiriq Eleventh2023Shaikha Al-MutairiHassan bin Mohammed Al-Zahrani Twelfth2024Ali Al-ShaaliAref Al-Saadi
See also Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity Department of Culture and Information – Sharjah
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