Sharjah: Sharjah honored the poets who won the 2025 Rhyme Award as part of the 22nd Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival.

According to Qatar News Agency, the winners are Hussein Al Abdullah, Mohammed Saeed Al Ateeq, and Hamza Al Youssef from Syria; Ahmed Shalabi and Abdullah Abdel Sabour from Egypt; Nawfal Al Saidi and Omar Al Raji from Morocco; Zakaria Mustafa from Sudan; Asma Al Hammadi from the UAE; Rashid Issa from Jordan; Khalid Al Hassan from Iraq; and Shams Al Din Boukloua from Algeria.

The Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival program features poetry readings and critical discussions, in addition to a book signing event for several poets.