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Nimah Ismail Nawwab
Saudi Arabian poet
Nimah Ismail Nawwab | |
|---|---|
| Born | Malaysia |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, photographer, activist |
| Notable work | The Unfurling, Canvas of the Soul |
Nimah Ismail Nawwab is a Saudi Arabian poet, activist, photographer and writer.[1]
Biography
Nimah Ismail Nawwab was born in Malaysia and is of Saudi Arabian descent.
She comes from a line of Meccan scholars. [2] Her father is Ismail I. Nawwab, a former professor of linguistics at the University of Edinburgh.[3][4] Nawwab grew up speaking three languages and her father read the Quran, Arabic poetry, and the plays of William Shakespeare to her.[4] She previously worked at Aramco.[3]
She was inspired to write poetry after meeting Naomi Shihab Nye.
Her first internationally published poem was on the murder of Palestinian child Muhammad al-Durrah.[5] Her earliest poetry focused on issues in Pale