Ali Al Jallawi

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Ali Al Jallawi (in Arabic علي الجلاوي born in 1975 in Manama) is a contemporary Bahraini poet. Al Jallawi began writing poetry at the age of fourteen. His early work was characterised by revolutionary and political ideas, and he was arrested at the age of seventeen because of a poem in which he criticised the political regime in Bahrain. He was arrested again in 1995 and imprisoned until 1998.

During his time in prison Al Jallawi read widely and educated himself on many subjects. His rigid religious and political stance changed into a passion for ideas and intellectual openness, although he remains committed to achieving a just political system in Bahrain.

More recently his poetry has dealt with philosophical and human-oriented subjects; his best-known work is Dilmuniyat (Dilmun was the name of an ancient Bahraini civilisation). Ali Al Jallawi lives in Manama, and as well as writing poetry runs a research centre dedicated to writing about Bahrain’s minorities and communities ignored by ‘official’ histories.

[edit] Appearances and events

Ali Al Jallawi has attended many international and pan-Arab poetry festivals and gatherings to represent Bahrain, including:

[edit] Publications

  • Wajhan li-mra’atin wahida, Dar Al Kunooz, Beirut.
  • Al ‘Isyan, Dar Al Mada, Syria.
  • Al Madina Al Akhira, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publication, Beirut.
  • Dilmuniyat I, Dar Aalia, Kuwait.
  • Dilmuniyat II, Dar Kan’aan, Syria.
  • Dilmuniyat (both parts, new edition), Ministry of Culture, Yemen, 2004.

[edit] External links

http://www.jallawi.org/


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