Omaima Abdullah – Saudi Arabia

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.