Reem al-Kamali (Arabic: ريم الكمالي) 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. ↑ "Reem al-Kamali | International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Saeed, Saeed (22 March 2022). "First Emirati novel shortlisted for the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction". The National. Retrieved 15 April 2023.


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