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

A

• Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750â€"809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
• Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
• Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)
• Abu-l-'Atahiya, (d. 828)
• Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
• Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861â€"908)
• Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
• Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
• Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
• Abu-l-'Atahiya (748â€"828)
• Al-Mutanabbi (915â€"965)
• Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
• Abu Tammam (c. 805â€"845)
• Abbas Al Akkad (1889â€"1964)
• Adunis (b. 1928â€")
• Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975â€")
• al-Akhtal (c. 640â€"710)
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570â€"625)
• Muhammed Almagut (1934â€"2006)
• Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
• Ibn Ammar (c. 1031â€"1086)
• Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
• 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
• Asma bint Marwan

B

• Bashar ibn Burd (714â€"784)
• Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
• Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
• Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926â€"1999)
• Mohammed Bennis (1948-)
• al-Buhturi (820â€"897)
• 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)

C

• Bashir Copti, (1929- ) (بشير عيسى قبطي)

D

• Mahmoud Darwish (1941â€"2008)
• Ibn Duraid (837â€"934)

F

• al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
• Ibn al-Farid (1181â€"1235
• Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 1230)

G

• Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)

H

• Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
• Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967â€"1007)
• Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
• Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri

I

• Hafiz Ibrahim (1872â€"1932)
• Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
• Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897â€"967)
• Najma Idrees

J

• Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
• Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
• Salah Jaheen (1930â€"1986)
• Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
• Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)
• Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
• Ibn Juzayy (1321â€"1340)

K

• Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
• Kahlil Gibran (d. 1931)
• Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
• Khalil ibn Ahmad (718â€"791)
• al-Khansa (600â€"670)
• Ibn al-Khatib (1313-1374)
• Kumait Ibn Zaid (679â€"743)
• Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

L

• LabÄ«d (560â€"661)

M

• Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
• Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
• Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973â€"1057)
• Abderrahman El Majdoub (d. 1568)
• Nazik Al-Malaika (1923-2007)
• Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
• Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742â€"804)
• Francis Marrash (1836â€"1873)
• Maryana Marrash (1848â€"1919)
• Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
• Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
• Iman Mersal
• Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040â€"1095)

N

• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
• Ibrahim Nagi (1898â€"1953)
• Abu Nuwas (750â€"813)
• Bhai Nand Lal (1633â€"1713)- composed mainly in Urdu and Persian

Q

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

R

• Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)

S

• Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212â€"1251)
• Ahmed Shawqi (1868â€"1932)
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
• al-Sharif al-Radi, (b. 1016)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
• Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886â€"1958)
• Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari (1212-1269)

T

• Abu Tammam, (c. 805â€"845)
• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
• Fadwa Toukan (1917â€"2003)
• Ibrahim Touqan (1905â€"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 (994â€"1091)
• al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)

Y

• Saadi Youssef (born 1934)

Z

• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
• Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (d. 1708)
• Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ (520â€"609)
• Ibn Zaydún (1003â€"1071)

See also

• Arab people
• List of famous Arabs
• Arab literature
• List of French novelists