Karīm Maʿtūq and Other Winners of Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ (Prince of Poets) First Contest
Karīm Maʿtūq and Other Winners of Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ (Prince of Poets) First Contest

Author(s): Barbara Michalak-Pikulska
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Poetry
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Arabic Literature; Modern poetry; Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ; Prince of Poets; poetry contest; Karīm Maʿtūq; Muḥammad Wuld aṭ-Ṭālib; Jāsim Muḥammad al- Ṣaḥīḥ; Rawḍa al-Ḥājj; Tamīm Al-Barghūthī
Summary/Abstract: In 2007, the Abu Dhabi Festival and Heritage and Culture ProgramCommission (Lajnat Idārat al-Mahrajānāt wa al-Barāmij ath-Thaqāfiyyawa at-Turāthiyya) set before itself the goal of promoting Arabic poetry,which has lied at the heart of the Arab culture for centuries. The resultingannual media event is presented by the Abu Dhabi television channel underthe name Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ (Prince of Poets). The program, which similarlyto the shows X-Factor or Idol belongs to the talent show genre, has alreadypromoted dozens of outstanding poets. The jury together with the audiencechoose the best poet, who receives the title of Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ (Prince ofPoets) in honor of one of the most eminent Egyptian poets, Aḥmad Shawqī.I would like to present here the winner of the first season and of thetitle Amīr ash-shuʿarāʾ (Prince of Poets), the Emirati poet Karīm Maʿtūq(b. 1963). He has published the following volumes of poetry: Manāhil,Ṭufūla, Hadhā anā, Aʿṣāb as-sukkar, and the novel Ḥadath fī Isṭanbūl. Heactively participates in the cultural life of the Emirates, publishing widelyin literary newspapers and magazines. Undoubtedly, he is one of thosemodern Emirati poets who with their works have left a lasting mark oncontemporary Arabic poetry.

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