Reem al-Kamali

Reem al-Kamali is an Emirati writer. She was born in 1972. She studied history at university and currently works as a culture editor at Al-Bayan newspaper. She took part in the IPAF Nadwa writers' workshop in 2015.[1]

Her works include:

  • The Sultanate of Hormuz (2013), Owais Prize for Creativity in 2015
  • The Statue of Dalma (2018), winner of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity
  • Rose’s Diary (2021), shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2022

Rose's Diary was the first work by an author from the UAE to make it to the IPAF Award shortlist.[2]

References
  1. https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/node/1881
  2. https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/2022/03/22/emirati-novel-shortlisted-for-the-2022-international-prize-for-arabic-fiction/
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