# 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

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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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 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

* Gebrail 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)