Abdel Mohsin Musellem Abdul Mohsin Bin Halit Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Muslim Al-Mahmadi Al-Harbi, is a Saudi poet and writer, and one of the literary elite in the Kingdom. He was born in

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in the year 1958. He was raised by his father, the writer Sheikh Helit Muslim, who is one of the nobles in Medina, and a previous

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of the

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. Abdel Mohsin finished his university studies by obtaining a bachelor's degree in public administration from a university in the United States. When he returned to

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in the eighties, he settled in

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to work in

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newspaper which was issued in English. Abdel Mohsin is well known for his outspokenness and his poetry is noted for the direct expression of sentiment on current affairs. He was arrested by the Saudi authorities because of his famous poem "Spoilers On Earth" which was published on the last page of the Saudi newspaper Al-Medina on Sunday, 26 Dhul-Hijjah 1422 AH.

His poems

His famous poems: * Lady of The World *

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: This poem was written during the

massacre in

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, which took place on 2 February 1982 AD. * Explosion * A lament for his friend Muhammad Sadiq Diab in a poem written twenty days before his death, while he was accompanying him to London for treatment. The writer Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Qadi described him as a humble poet, but he glorious when he presents his creativity.

References

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