Manama to host Arab poets and writers

A three-day meeting of Arab poets and writers in Manama, Bahrain, is slated for October and will feature poem readings and a debate on Ibn Ali Ibn Al Mouqarab Al Ayouni's poetic works.

Participants will also discuss Palestinian poetry through the works of Ibrahim Touqan and Intifada-related texts.

The foundation will also award prizes to several Arab poets including Iraq's Abdel Ouhed Lou'aloua, Algeria's Abdellah Hammadi, Egypt's Ahmed Bakhit and Bahrain's late Ibrahim El Arid.