List of Arabic-language poets

List of Arabic language poets most of whom were Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article.

Alphabetical list

Contents:

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A

• Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
• Salih ibn 'Abd al-Quddus (d. 784)
• Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
• 'Abid ibn al-Abris, (d. 554)
• Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)
• Abu-l-'Atahiya, (d. 828)
• Al-'Arji, (d. 738)
• Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
• Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
• Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
• Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
• Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
• Sa'id 'Aql, (b. 1912)
• Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828)
• Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
• Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
• Abu Tammam (c. 805–845)
• Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
• Adunis (b. 1928–)
• Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975–)
• al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
• Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
• Ibn Ammar (c. 1031–1086)
• Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
• 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
• Asma bint Marwan

B

• Bashar ibn Burd (714–784)
• Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
• Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
• Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999)
• al-Buhturi (820–897)
• 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)

D

• Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
• Ibn Duraid (837–934)
• Dhu al-Rummah, (d 735)
• Durayd ibn al-Simmah, (d. 630)

F

• al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
• Ibn al-Farid (1181–1235

H

• Hafsah bint al-Hajj al-Rakuniyyah, (d. 1190)
• Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
• Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967–1007)
• Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
• Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
• Safi al-din al-Hilli, (d. c. 1339)
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
• Ahmad 'Abd al-mu'ti Hijazi, (b. 1939)

I

• Hafiz Ibrahim (1872–1932)
• 'Imran ibn Hittan, (d. 703)
• Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
• Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)

J

• Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
• Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
• Salah Jaheen (1930–1986)
• Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
• Jamil Buthaynah, (d. 701)
• Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)
• Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
• Khalil Jubran (d. 1931)
• Ibn Juzayy (1321–1340)

K

• Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
• Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
• Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791)
• al-Khansa (600–670)
• Bisharah al-Khuri, (d. 1968)
• Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
• Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

L

• Labīd (560–661)

M

• Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
• Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
• Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973–1057)
• Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742–804)
• Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040–1095)
• Francis Marrash (1836–1873)
• Maryana Marrash (1848–1919)
• Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
• Muhammed Almagut (1934–2006)
• Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
• Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)

N

• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
• 'Abd al-ghani al-Nabulusi, (d. 1731)
• Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953)
• Muzaffar al-Nawwab, (b. 1934)
• Ibn Nubatah al-Misri, (d. 1366)
• Abu Nuwas (750–813)

Q

• Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998)
• Samih al-Qasim, (20th century)
• Ibn Quzman (1078–1160)
• Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)

R

• Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat, (d. 704)
• Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
• Ma'ruf al-Rusafi, (d. 1945)

S

• Su'ad al-Sabah, (b. 1942)
• Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212–1251)
• Al-Sanawbari, (d. 945)
• Al-Saraqusti al-Jazzar, (11th century)
• Tawfiq Sayigh, (d. 1971)
• Al-Shabb al-Zarif al-Tilimsani, (d. 1289)
• Abu al-qasim al-Shabbi, (d. 1934)
• Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
• Shams al-din al-Kufi
• al-Sharif al-Radi, (b. 1016)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
• Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886–1958)

T

• Abu Tammam, (c. 805–845)
• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
• al-Tirimmah, (d. c. 723)
• Fadwa Toukan (1917–2003)
• Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941), Palestinian

U

• 'Umar Abu Rishah (b. 1910)
• Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 712)

W

• Waddah al-Yaman (d. 708)
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (994–1091)
• al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)

Y

• Saadi Youssef (born 1934)

Z

• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
• Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ (520–609)
• Ibn Zaydún (1003–1071)

See also

• Arab people
• List of famous Arabs

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