Adel Khozam is an Emirati poet and a weekly columnist in Al Ittihad Newspaper. He has worked in the
UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
press since the 1980s.
Khozam has published around 14 Books in poetry collections and 2 novels, his poems have been translated into several languages. His last novel which was entitled, “''Life through the Third Eye''”, was translated into English and was well received in the United States. It won the Golden Seal for featured books in literature and was nominated for an Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Publication in America.
Khozam composed several melodies and songs for theater and television in the UAE and won several times the best music award from Shariah Festival of Child Theater. He works in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
TV channels at
Dubai Media Incorporated
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.
In August 2022, Adel Khozam was awarded the Best International Poet Award for compiling the anthology
World Poetry Tree: An Anthology for Hope, Love and Peace, according to the results of voting by the Committee of the International Center for Translation and Poetry Research in China.
Education
1986 he received a bachelor in business from the UAE university.
Khozam is a member of many media committees in the UAE, as he was a member of the jury of Dubai International Film Festival 2016, UAE Films Competition 2005, and was the editor-in-chief of the daily bulletin of Dubai International Film Festival 2007. His work has also been published in ''
Banipal
''Banipal'' is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Arab literature through translations in English. It was founded in London in 1998 by Margaret Obank and Samuel Shimon. The magazine is published three tim ...
'' magazine.
Banipal magazine
His writings
* “Taht Lesani” , a collection of poems, the UAE, 1993
* "Al Wareeth” , a collection of poems, Beirut, 1997.
* “Fil Daw’a Wal Del Wa Bainahoma Al Haya” , studies on the development of visual arts in the UAE - Sharjah, 2000.
* “Al Setara Wal Akne’a’” , a survey on theater in the UAE - Sharjah ,2002.
* "Al Soa’al Allazi Yatba’a Al Dahek” , a collection of poems,2006.
* “Maskan Al Hakeem” , texts and reflections, 2010
* “Al Del Al Abyadh” , novel, 2013.
* “Al Haya Beayn Thaletha” , 2014.
* “Rafeef Al Del” , a joint poetry book with two poets from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
and Bahrain, 2015.
* “Hassan Sherif”, a book on the artist Hassan Sherif, 2016.
* “Reesh Al Kalemat Al Mosafera” , poetry 2017.
* (60 Resala Ela Shaer) “60 Letters to a Poet}, 2018
* TRANSLATION - the biography and teachings of Buddha, 2019.
* (Al Rabei Al AAri) “The Naked Spring” a poetry collection 2019
References
20th-century Emirati poets
Emirati writers
Emirati journalists
Living people
1963 births
21st-century Emirati poets
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