List of Arabic language poets, most of whom were or are Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. The alphabetical order is by first names.

Alphabetical list

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A

  • Ahmadou Bamba (1853–1927)
  • Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
  • Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
  • Abdallah Zrika (1953)
  • Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (d.630)
  • Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
  • Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 1230)
  • Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886–1958)
  • Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999)
  • Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
  • Abdel Latif Moubarak (b. 1964)
  • Abdel Mohsin Musellem (b.1958)
  • Abderrahman El Majdoub (d. 1568)
  • Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
  • Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
  • Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
  • Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
  • Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
  • Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari (1212–1269)
  • Abu Nuwas (750–813)
  • Abu Tammam (c. 805–845)
  • Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828)
  • Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
  • Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
  • al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
  • Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
  • al-Buhturi (820–897)
  • al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
  • al-Fath ibn Khaqan (817–861)
  • Adunis (b. 1928–)
  • Ali Al-Fazzani (1936–2000)
  • Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975–)
  • 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)
  • al-Khansa (600–670)
  • Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973–1057)
  • Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
  • al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
  • 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
  • Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
  • al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)
  • Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
  • 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
  • Asma bint Marwan

B

  • Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
  • Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967–1007)
  • Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
  • Bashshar ibn Burd (714–784)
  • Bashir Copti, (1929–) (بشير عيسى قبطي)
  • Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)- composed mainly in Urdu and Persian

F

  • Fadwa Toukan (1917–2003)
  • Farhat, Southern Mahjari
  • Fawzi Maluf (d. 1930), figure of the Mahjar
  • Francis Marrash (1836–1873)

G

  • Jibra'il Dallal

H

  • Hafiz Ibrahim (1872–1932)
  • Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
  • Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
  • Hilmi M. Zawati (b.1953) (حلمي زواتي)

I

  • Ibn al-Farid (1181–1235
  • Ibn al-Khatib (1313–1374)
  • Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
  • Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
  • Ibn Duraid (837–934)
  • Ibn Juzayy (1321–1340)
  • Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
  • Ibn Quzman (1078–1160)
  • Ibn Munadhir (d. 814)
  • Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212–1251)
  • Ibn Zaydún (1003–1071)
  • Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742–804)
  • Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953)
  • Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941
  • Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
  • Iman Mersal
  • Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
  • Ismail ibn Yasar al-Nisai
  • Ibrahim Niass (1900–1975)

J

  • Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
  • Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
  • Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
  • Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)

K

  • Kulaib ibn Rabiah (5th century)
  • Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
  • Kahlil Gibran (1883– 1931)
  • Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791)
  • Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
  • Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
  • Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)
  • Khalifa Niass (1881–1959)

L

  • Labīd (560–661)
  • Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)

M

  • Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014)
  • Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
  • Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
  • Mana Al Otaiba, (b. 1946)
  • Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
  • Maram al-Masri (b. 1962)
  • Maruf al Rusafi
  • Maryana Marrash (1848–1919)
  • Masoud Juni (1938-1991)
  • Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)
  • Mohammed Abdalbari (b. 1985)
  • Mohammed Bennis (1948–)
  • Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (d. 1708)
  • Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
  • Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
  • Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040–1095)
  • Muhammad ibn Ammar (c. 1031–1086)
  • Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
  • Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
  • Muhammed Almagut (1934–2006)
  • Muhannad Al-Shawi, (b. 1974)
  • Malick Sy (1855–1922)

N

  • Najma Idrees
  • Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007)
  • Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998)

O

  • Orkhan Muyassar (1911?–1965), surrealist author

Q

  • al-Qarawi, Southern Mahjari
  • Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
  • Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)

S

  • Saadi Youssef (1934–2021)
  • Said Akl (1911–2014)
  • Salah Jaheen (1930–1986)
  • Salah Labaki (1906–1955)
  • Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
  • Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
  • Samih al-Qasim (20th century)
  • Sidi Boushaki (1394–1453)

T

  • Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
  • Tawfiq Sayigh (d. 1971), modernist proponent of prose poetry
  • Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994)

U

  • 'Umar Abu Rishah (1910–1990)
  • Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 712)

W

  • Waddah al-Yaman (d. 708)
  • Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (994–1091)

Y

  • Yusuf Ghusub (b. 1900), Lebanese symbolist

Z

  • Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609)

See also

  • Arabic literature
  • Modern Arabic literature
  • Arabic poetry
  • List of Arabic-language writers

References

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