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Who Lives in the House of Poetry Now?

30
Oct 2017
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Monday 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

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Omaima Abdullah Al-Khamis is a Saudi novelist, poet and critic who comes from a family that has a deep affinity for history and culture, a fact which has contributed to her personal development and richness of her intellectual output. She became the first woman to write for Al-Jazirah newspaper and authored several literary pieces, short stories and guidebooks for children, as well as cultural articles which were published in a number of Arab newspapers.

Where memory is the house of culture and knowledge; where the original council, separated by a cultural sidewalk that connects Muharraq with the intellectuals and writers of the world. The house itself, located at the heart of the city, opens its doors to cultural production in the fields of thought, literature, politics, philosophy, culture and art.

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