User:Noura Khalaf/Abdul Rahim Al Siddiqi

Abdul Rahim Al Seddiqi is a poet, novelist, playwright, television writer, and Qatari civilian pilot. He started his career with literature by writing popular and lyrical poetry in the Gulf dialect, influenced by the Bahrain i poet Ali Al Sharqawi, the Kuwaiti poet Fayek Abdul Jalil, and his love for Nabati poetry through the poems of the Saudi poet Badr bin Abdul Mohsen. He wrote the lyrics of songs for some Arab singers such as Asala Nasri, Fahd Al Kubaisi, Nasser Saleh, and others and some lyrical works for theatre and drama. Then he turned to write theatrical and dramatic texts, so he wrote the formulation of dialogue in the Fawazeer “Celebrity Tales” in 1993, then Fawazeer "It Became" Kan" in 1994, before turning to write a novel, and his first novel, titled "40,000 feet" was published in 2016.

Work and writings
Abd al-Rahim al-Siddiqi wrote many books that varied between poetic texts, long novels, theatrical and dramatic texts, including:


 * Forty thousand feet (novel): It was published in 2016 by Platinum Publishing.


 * The City of Love Document (novel): It was published in 2019 by Platinum Publishing House.


 * The Shepherd Pinocchio (play)


 * Traveller (poetry)


 * Arab 2000 (poetry)


 * A homeland on the horizon (poetry)


 * The picture on a raft (poetry)


 * Wound and Salt (Hair)


 * Huda's last poem (poetry)


 * Munich (poetry)


 * Eighth Fragrance (Poetry)


 * Qadha and Noss (play)


 * Hearts for Rent (play)


 * Stock Hommes (play)


 * On the Fly (play)


 * Shamlan in Lebanon (play)

Awards
Abdul Rahim Siddiqui has received several literary awards, including:

Katara Award for Arabic Fiction in its sixth edition in 2020 in the category of the Qatari novel published for his novel "The City of Suda Ashiq."