Ibrahim Al-Siddiqi
Ibrahim Al-Siddiqi (, born 1915, died 1989) was a Saudi-Bahraini writer and poet. He was born in Jubail, studied with Sheikh Muhammad bin Manea al-Najdi, and engaged in teaching, preaching, and counseling. He wrote many books, manuscripts, and poems. Biography. Al-Siddiqi was born in 1915 in Jubail. Educated in a traditional kuttab, he worked as a teacher and imam and studied with Muhammad bin Manea al-Najdi. Al-Najdi was close to the princes of Bahrain, thus opening doors for Al-Siddiqi at prestigious literary gatherings and debates. Al-Siddiqi was well-versed in  both religious studies and the Arabic language, and conversant on the political and business news of the day. He often hosted friends at his home, talked with writers, read and researched books, and wrote criticism. Al-Siddiqi also edited an anthology of contemporary Saudi poetry regularly published by the Ta’if Literary Club, based in the popular resort town of the aristocracy. Death. He died in 1989, on September 14 according to one source, though another dated it toward the end of the year. Both agree that he died in Ta’if.