Abdel Mohsin Musellem

Abdel Mohsin Halit Musellem
Abdel Mohsin Musellem
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Medina, Saudi Arabia
NationalitySaudi
Notable workClips from the heart, iilayh

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 Medina 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 imam of the Quba Mosque.

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 Saudi Arabia in the eighties, he settled in Jeddah to work in Saudi Gazette 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.[1] 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.[2]

His poems

His famous poems:

  • Lady of The World[3]
  • Hama: This poem was written during the Hama massacre in Syria, which took place on 2 February 1982 AD.[4]
  • Explosion[5]
  • 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.[6]

The writer Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Qadi described him as a humble poet, but he glorious when he presents his creativity.[7]

References

  1. ^ بدر, عبد الباسط (2013). قطوف من الأدب. Cairo: دار الفلاح للنشر والتوزيع. p. 39. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ "سجن شاعر سعودي". 20 March 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ الشماني, خالد. "المدينة المنوّرة .. "سيّدة الدنيا" ومنطلق الدعوة المحمدية تحتضن "مجمع الحديث"". sabq.org. صحيفة سبق الالكترونية. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "رابطة أدباء الشام". 26 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. ^ "الشاعر"عبدالمحسن حليت مسلم" يكتب..قصيدة الإنفجار". elbyan.com. البيان. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ^ "ذكرى "دياب" تنصب خيمة الحزن في أمسية تكريمه بأدبي جدة". al-madina.com. جريدة المدينة المنورة. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ^ "الأستاذ حمد القاضي". 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2021.