Ghanima al-Harb

Ghanima Zayd 'Abd Allah al-Harb (born 1949) is a Kuwaiti poet and social worker.

Ghanima al-Harb
غنيمة زيد الحرب
Born	1949  Kuwait
Alma mater	Kuwait University
Occupation	Poet, social worker
Parent(s)	Zaid Al-Harb

Ghanima al-Harb was born in 1949 in Kuwait, the daughter of the popular Kuwaiti poet Zaid al-Harb.^[1] She graduated with a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Kuwait University in 1974 and worked as a social worker.^[2] She published poetry in both classical and contemporary Arabic, and some of her poetry was set to music using the pseudonym Fatat al-Khalij ("Young Woman of the Gulf").^[2] English translations of her poems "Escaping from the Coma Cage" and "The Sparkle" were included in the anthology Gathering the tide : an anthology of contemporary Arabian Gulf poetry (2011).^[1]

Bibliography

• Qasa'id qafas al-ihtilal (Poems on the Cage of the Occupation, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1991.^[2]
• Hadil al-hamam (The Dove's Coo, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1993.^[2]
• Ajnihat al-rimal (Wings of the Sands, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, 1993.^[2]
• Fi khaymat al-halak (In the Tent of the Pitch Black, poetry). Kuwait: al-Khatt Press, n.d.^[2]