List of Arabic-language poets

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[]

A[]

• Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
• Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
• Abdallah Zrika (1953)
• 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 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)
• Bashar 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)
• Francis Marrash (1836–1873)

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 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

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[]

• 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)

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)
• 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)

N[]

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

Q[]

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

S[]

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

T[]

• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)

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)

Z[]

• Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609)

See also[]

• Arabic literature
• Modern Arabic literature
• Arabic poetry