Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh (Arabic:; 1937 – 28 November 2022) was a Yemeni poet and writer. He followed the school of free poetry and he was the Yemen's first poet to win the Al-Owais cultural Award. Life and career Al-Maqaleh was born in 1937 in the village of Maqaleh in the governorate of Ibb and studied and finished his BA in 1970. In 1977, he received his master's degree and PhD from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. From 1982 to 2001, Al-Maqaleh worked as the President of Sana'a University, and then as the Head of the Center for Studies and Research Yemen, Sanaa. Al-Maqaleh died in Sana'a on 28 November 2022, at the age of 85. Works Selected Poetry There Must be Sanaa, 1971 Marib Speaks (in conjunction with Ambassador Abdu Othman), 1972 A Letter to Saif bin Dhi Yazan, 1973 Yemeni Footnotes On the Alienation of Ibn Zreik al-Baghdadi,1974 The Return of Waddah Yemen,1976 Writing with the Rebellious Sword of Ali bin al-Fadl, 1978 Exiting from the Sulaymaniyah Circles of Time, 1981 Papers of a Body Returning from Death, 1986 Alphabet of the Soul, 1998 A Book of Sanaa, 1999 A Book of the Village A Book of the