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Nujoom
al-Ghanem is
recognised as one of the strongest modernist Emirati poets, rising to
prominence in the 1980s in the Gulf region. She is a poet, writer and
independent filmmaker, born in 1962 in Dubai. Since 1989 she has published
seven collections of poetry, and now writes full-time.
In July 2010, she joined
two other Emirati poets for the first readings of modern Emirati poetry in the
UK – at the Ledbury Poetry Festival and at the London Literature Festival. The
mini-tour was organised by Banipal magazine and supported by the Emirates
Foundation.
She
has directed four short films, and at the Fifth Dubai International
Film Festival in December 2011 was lauded for Best Documentary in the Gulf and named the
most promising UAE film-maker.
Contributor's Issues
Banipal 38 - Arab American Authors (2010)