Shamma Al Bastaki
Shamma Al Bastaki | |
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Born | 1997 Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Education | BA in Sociology and Public Policy with Literature and Creative Writing |
Alma mater | NYU Abu Dhabi |
Shamma Al Bastaki, Arabic: شما البستكي (born 1997) is an Emirati artist and poet. She is also a cultural ambassador for Louvre Abu Dhabi, as well as the recipient of awards for her writing and art. She co-founded several literary networks, including the JARA collective, Untold Stories and formed the Cultural Office Women's Creative Network.
Biography[]
Al Bastaki was born in Dubai in 1997.[1][2] She studied Sociology and Public Policy with Literature and Creative Writing at NYU Abu Dhabi.[2] In 2015 she began her role as a cultural ambassador for Louvre Abu Dhabi.[2]
A poet since she was seven-years-old, she published her first volume of poetry House to House |بيت لبيت’ in 2019, which was popularised by the journal Asymptote.[1][3] The volume was based on oral histories from the Dubai Creek region, which were then presented creatively as poetry.[4] She was one of the first members of the Cultural Office Women's Creative Network, which was launched by HH Sheikha Manal Bint Monammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum.[2] She is also a founding member of Untitled Chapters – a literary group for Emirati women writers.[3][5][6] She is the co-founder of the JARA Collective, which runs a small publishing house with a focus on Chapbooks.[7][8] She has spoken at the Emirates Literature Festival,[3] as well as the Hay Festival.[9] At the Emirates Festival in 2021 she spoke as part of a panel entitled "Beyond Poetry".[10]
In addition to her work as a poet, she is also a visual artist. Her work includes calligraphy, for which she was the recipient of an Abu Dhabi Festival Visual Arts Award.[1] She also makes dolls, which are transformed with the use of various substances to create works that comment on childhood and trauma.[11]
Awards[]
- Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship[2]
- ADMAF Creativity Award (2019)[2]
- NYU President's Service Award[5]
- Abu Dhabi Festival Visual Arts Award – 2nd place (2016)[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "My UAE: Shamma Al Bastaki is a triple threat with plenty of ambitions". The National.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f "Shamma Al Bastaki – UAE Unlimited". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Shamma Al Bastaki". Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "To Learn the Wider World: The Summer 2021 Educator's Guide – Asymptote Blog". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b Digital, Traffic. "Louvre Abu Dhabi | Spoken Art". Louvre Abu Dhabi | Spoken Art. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Writing the UAE's future chapters". hadaramagazine.com. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "LIVING LIFE THROUGH POETRY". hadaramagazine.com. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ الاتحاد, صحيفة (1 February 2021). "«جارا الإماراتية».. تجربة فنية في طباعة الكتب الشعرية". صحيفة الاتحاد (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Hay Festival". www.hayfestival.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ دبي, حياة الحرزي-. "مهرجان طيران الإمارات للآداب يضيء شمعة «ما وراء الشعر»". www.emaratalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ أبوظبي, منورة عجيز ـ (28 September 2019). "شمة البستكي تحاكي التراث الإماراتي بالدمى والسلايم". صحيفة الرؤية (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
External links[]
- Performance: The Power of Words Teaser – Talking With Poet, Shamma Al Bastaki
- Poem: “DOME” by Shamma Al Bastaki
- Poem: House to House
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Emirati poets
- Emirati artists
- Emirati women artists
- Emirati women poets
- New York University Abu Dhabi alumni