His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, honored the poets who won the Al Qawafi Award 2025 during a ceremony held on Tuesday morning at Dr Sultan Al Qasimi Centre.

The honoring took place during His Highness’s reception of participants and guests of the 22nd edition of the Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival, which brings together writers, poets, and media professionals from across the Arab world and officially opened on Monday evening.

His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah congratulated the winners of the Al Qawafi Award 2025, praising the poems they presented for reflecting their love of poetry and their commitment to promoting and highlighting it for readers. He commended the distinction in their choice of themes and use of language, which demonstrates the poets’ high literary standard and linguistic richness. His Highness also thanked them for their efforts in the field of Arabic poetry and for the poems they contribute to enriching the poetic and literary scene, urging them to present more works and to actively participate in various cultural and literary events and activities.

His Highness presented the awards to the winning poets, each of whom recited their award-winning poem. The poems addressed a wide range of themes, including elegy, pride in the homeland, reflection on the self and nature, while several poets also celebrated Sharjah as a shining beacon in the firmament of Arab culture and literature. At the conclusion of the meeting, His Highness greeted the poets and attendees and received a number of special gifts from the poets, including poetry collections and books.

The honored poets expressed their sincere appreciation to the Ruler of Sharjah for his continued support of poets, writers, and creatives across all fields of literature and the arts, and for honouring them by selecting and publishing their poems as part of the distinguished record of the Al Qawafi Award.