Ali Al Jallawi

Ali al - Dschalawi (Arabic علي الجلاوي ʿ Alī al - Dschalāwī, ʿ Alī al - DMG Ǧalāwī; * 1975 in Manama, Bahrain ) is a Bahraini poet. His passion for poetry discovered al - Dschalawi at the age of fourteen. His early works were influenced by his revolutionary and political convictions, for which he was arrested at the age of seventeen, after he criticized the political regime in Bahrain in one of his poems. In 1995 he was again arrested and jailed for three years.

During his detention dedicated Ali al - Dschalawi philosophy a lot of time and taught himself in broad knowledge. His radical religious and political beliefs differed and evolved into intellectual openness. Furthermore, seeks al - Dschalawi for a new and fair political system for Bahrain.

His present- poetic works deal with human and humanistic aspects. Particularly well-known Ali al- Dschalawi is for his poem entitled Dilmuniyyat. Currently al - Dschalawi lives in Manama, where he runs a research center next to the poetic in addition to writing works that the unobserved part of the government of Bahrain ethnic minorities in Bahrain dedicated.

Public appearances

Ali al - Dschalawi participated in many international and pan-Arab poetry events where he represented Bahrain respectively.

• Bait al - Hikma, England, 1998
• University of Damascus, Syria
• 29th International Book Fair, Kuwait
• Bahraini culture weeks in Amman, Jordan
• Arab Cultural Festival, Sanaa, Yemen, 2004
• Asila Festival, Hawar Islands, Bahrain
• 6 GCC poetry festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Arab Cultural Festival, Khartoum, Sudan 2005
• Tent of poetry, Zagoura, Morocco, 2006
• International Poetry Forum, Marrakech, Morocco, 2006
• World Poetry Day, Brandenburg Gate Foundation, the Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin 2012

Publications

• Wadschhan li - mra'atin wahida, Dar al - Kunuz, Beirut.
• Al- ʿ Isyan, Dar al - Mada, Syria.
• Al- Madina al - achira, Arab Foundation for Studies and Publication, Beirut.
• Dilmuniyyat I, Dar Aliya, Kuwait.
• Dilmuniyyat II, Kan Dar ʿ on, Syria.
• Dilmuniyyat ( two-piece, new edition ), Ministry of Culture, Yemen, 2004

Translations

• English: Arab poets, translation: Ayesha Saldanha.
• Polish: anthology of modern Arabic poetry, translation: Barbara Michalak Pikulska.
• Spanish: Arab poets, translation: Abdul H. Sadoun.