List of Saudi poets
This is a list of poets from the Western Asian country of Saudi Arabia.
A
- Muhammad al Ali (born 1932)
- Mohammed Alrotayyan
- Muhammad Said Al Amudi (1905–1991)
- Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari (1907–1983)
- Mahmud Arif (1909–2001)
- Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar (1916–1991)
F
- Muhammed Hasan Faqi (1912–2004)
- Ashraf Fayadh (born 1980)[1]
G
H
- Hamad al-Hajji (1939–1988)
- Abdullah al-Hamid (1950–2020)
- Saad Al-Hamidin (born 1947)
- Abdul Aziz al-Harbi (born 1965)
- Mohammed Al Herz (born 1967)
- Hissa Hilal
- Ahmad al-Hilali (born 1974)
- Ibrahim Al-Hsawi (born 1964)
I
J
- Raed Al-Jishi, translator (born 1976)
K
- Hamza Kashgari (born 1989)
- Fawziyya Abu Khalid (born 1955)
M
- Belques Melhem (born 1977)
- Ahmad al-Muhsini (1744–1831)
- Abdel Mohsin Musellem (born 1958)
- Hind al-Mutayri
N
O
Q
- Thuraya Qabil (born 1943)
- Aid al-Qarni (born 1959)
- Ahmad Qandil (1911–1979)
- Hasan Abdullah Al-Qurashi (1930–2004)
R
- Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid (1788–1848), Nabati poet[3]
- Nawwaf bin Talal Al Rashid (born 1989)
- Musaid al-Rashidi, nabataean poet (1962–2017)
S
- Mohammed Suroor Sabban (1898–1972)
- Nayef bin Abdulaziz (1934–2012)
- Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1925–1985)
- Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007)
- Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud (1949–2024)
- Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932–2000)
- Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud (1943–2011)
- Saud Al Kabeer bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1882–1959)
- Husain Sirhan (1916–1993)
- Nuri bin Hazaa Al Shalaan (1847–1942)
- Abdulrahman Adel Al-Shammari (born 1974)
- Turki Al-Sheikh (born 1981)
- Hamza Shehata (1911–1972)
T
- Abdullah Thabit (born 1973)
Z
- Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri (born 1938)
- Abu Turab al-Zahiri (1923–2002)
- Abd al-Wahhab Abu Zayd (born 1970)
- Rashid Al Zlami (1926–2014)
Notes
- ^ "Saudi court sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy: HRW".
- ^ Mostyn, Trevor (2010-08-24). "Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ Sowayan, Saad Abdullah (2023-11-15), "IV. POETRY AND REGIONAL POLITICS", Nabati Poetry, University of California Press, pp. 67–88, doi:10.1525/9780520335073-005/html, ISBN 978-0-520-33507-3, retrieved 2025-04-24