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Haider Amaan Haider’s poetic journey began by sheer accident

03 Nov 2022

Raghib Hassan, Staff Reporter If you happen to see him in his office in Dubai, chances are that you will take notice of Syed Amaan Haider Zaidi. He has...

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid’s poetry inspires Chinese calligrapher Li Dongxia

08 Aug 2022

In the Grand Hall of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, a new cultural beacon in Dubai and the UAE, several Chinese citizens enjoyed an event where two girls played...

Ukraine's Zelensky ‘speechless’ after shelling destroys museum dedicated to poet

08 May 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he was speechless after Russian shelling destroyed a museum dedicated to the 18th century philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda. The overnight attack...

Firsthand recollections

28 Oct 2021

Tanzanian-born Abdulrazak Gurnah is the second Muslim of Arab stock to be awarded the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature. The first was Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz who became a laureate...

The darker it got, the brighter they became

01 Jul 2021

When grief explodes the ordinary crouch, the extraordinary take it by the horns, and see a newness of purpose in taking on full blast the unrelenting assault. They create light...

Amanda Gorman opens Super Bowl

08 Feb 2021

Gulf Today Report The young poet Amanda Gorman, who delivered a captivating performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, opened the Super Bowl on Sunday with a new work celebrating...

Pakistan’s national poet Allama Iqbal’s inaccurate sculpture removed from Lahore park after criticism

03 Feb 2021

Tariq Butt, Correspondent Following a huge uproar on social media, Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) of Lahore has removed the grossly inaccurate sculpture of national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal...

American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

08 Oct 2020

The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize...

Bollywood lyricist Rahat Indori passes away after testing positive for COVID-19

11 Aug 2020

Gulf Today Report Renowned Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist Rahat Indori passed away on Tuesday after being tested positive for COVID-19 in Indore. On Monday, He tweeted about his...

Sultan establishes ‘Award for Literary Poetic Criticism’

08 Jan 2020

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has announced the establishment of the “Sharjah Award for Literary Poetic Criticism”,...

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