Ousha the Poet

Who is Ousha the Poet?

Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi also known as Fatat Al-Arab, Ousha Al Sha'er is a legendary Emiraty poet from the United Arab Emirates.

Ousha was born and raised in Al Ain and moved later in life to the emirate of Dubai. Her outstanding talent in poetry has put her at the top of Arabic Nabati poets with a large number of poems sang by popular Emaraty and artists from Arabia.

In 1989, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai at the time, dedicated a poem from his first poetry publication giving her the sobriquet "Fatat Al Arab" instead of her original sobriquet "Fatat Al Khaleej" in her honor. In 2010 she was awarded in Sharjah's Festival of Classic Poetry XI and later won the Abu Dhabi award handed by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.