Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957) is a

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i poet and

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. She has published six collections of poetry since 1982 and her work has been translated into several languages.Banipal magazine
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Biography

Fawziyya was born in

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in 1957. She has been acknowledged as one of the first Bahraini women to seek an education abroad, having obtained a degree in

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from the University of Cairo. Fawziyya published six collections of

Arabic poetry Arabic poetry ( ar, الشعر العربي ''ash-shi‘ru al-‘Arabīyyu'') is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry ...

from 1998 to 2005. She is a member of the Bahraini Association of Writers and regularly writes as a

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to regional magazines and publications like Banipal.

Publications

*''Akhir Al-Mahab'' (End of the Horizon) 1998 *''Malath Al-Rooh'' (Refuge of the Soul) 1991 *''Rahinat Al-Alam'' (Hostage to Pain) 2005

References

External links

Official website
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