Dr. Saeeda bint Khater bin Hassan Al-Farsi

Sa’ida bint Khatir bin Hassan Al-Farsi

* Born in 1956 in the Wilayat of Sur, Sultanate of Oman.

* Omani poet and critic.

* Holds a PhD in Arabic Criticism, Rhetoric, and Comparative Literature from the Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum, Cairo University (2002); her thesis was titled "Alienation in the Poetry of Gulf Women."

* Held numerous positions, including: Head of the Arabic Language Department at the Curriculum Directorate; Director of the Minister of Education’s Office; Principal of the Model School for Girls (1980); Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Head of Cultural Activities at Sultan Qaboos University (1986–1996); and Head of Cultural Activities at the Muscat College of Science and Technology (1996–1999).

** Appointed as a member of the State Council by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said (may God protect and preserve him) in 2010.

Editor-in-Chief of Al-Omaniya* magazine.

* International Relations Commissioner for the Omani Girl Guides Association.

* Member of the committee for evaluating song lyrics and theatrical scripts.

* Member of the committee for evaluating folk arts.

* Head of the Omani Women Writers' Group.

* Member of the Association of Modern Literature in Cairo.

* Member of the Afro-Asian Writers' Organization.

* Member of the League of Islamic Literature.

* Member of the "Reading for Creativity and Applied Criticism" group in Cairo.

* Published poetry works:

- Maddun fi Bahr al-A’maq (Tide in the Sea of ​​Depths): Poetry collection (1986).

- Ughniyat lil-Tufula wal-Khadra (Songs for Childhood and Greenery): Poetry collection for children (1991).

- Ilayha Tahujju al-Huruf (Letters Make Pilgrimage to Her): Poetry collection (2003).

- Qutuf al-Shajara al-Tayyiba (Harvest of the Good Tree): Folk poetry (2004).

- Wahdaka... Tabqa Salat Yaqini (You Alone... Remain the Prayer of My Certainty): Poetry collection. 2005

- Tattooed Beneath the Skin (Mawshuma Tahta al-Jild): A poetry collection. 2006

* Published works in literary criticism:

- "The Iris of Exiles" (Susnat al-Manafi): Hamda Khamis and the Transformations of Political Alienation – A Reading of Contemporary Gulf Poetry (1): A critical study. Cairo, 2003.

- Suad Al-Sabah: Between Enstrangement and Alienation – A Reading of Contemporary Gulf Poetry (2): A critical study. Cairo, 2003.

- "The Suicide of the Tent Pegs" (Intihar al-Awtad): A Study on the Alienation of Saadiya Mufarreh

- A Reading of Contemporary Gulf Poetry (3): Cairo, 2004.

- "On the Brink of the Pit" (Ala Shafa Hufra): A Study on Sufi Alienation in the Work of Zakia Mal-Allah – A Reading of Contemporary Gulf Poetry (4): Cairo, 2004.

- In addition to dozens of research papers and studies in the fields of literature and criticism.

* Awards and Honors:

- GCC Leaders' Honor Medal (Literature category). Muscat, 1989.

- Medal for Women's Cultural Activity (GCC General Secretariat). Riyadh, 1996.

- Arab Women Creators' Medal (Arab Intellectuals Forum). Cairo, 2004.

- Honored by the Omani Poetry Festival. Muscat, 2006.

* Published her poetry and articles in Omani and Arab newspapers and magazines.

* Participated extensively in cultural forums and poetry festivals both within the Sultanate and abroad.