About
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Poet and artist, Al-Kasimi, was born in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. She received a master's degree in economics and political science from the University of Cairo in 1981. Between 1989 to 1995 she held the position of Director of Cultural Department, Ministry of Information & Culture, U.A.E. She has participated in many festivals and poetic / literary meetings in Arabic and Foreign countries, and has designed many book covers.
Her selected solo exhibitions include: General Items, Tunis, 1998; General Items, Bahrain, 1997; The Other in his Darkness, Alatelia Alopera, Cairo, Egypt, 1995; Narration on his Staff, Royal Cultural Center, Amman, Jordan and Alatelia Alopera, Cairo, Egypt, 1992; Standing on Romantic Wreckage, Cultural Foundation Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi and Alatelia Alopera, Cairo, Egypt, 1991; Scratches on the Wall of Voodoos & Memories by an Astonished Gulf Woman in Letter and Color, and Cultural Foundation Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi and Alatelia Alopera, Cairo, Egypt, 1990.
Her selected group exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1994; Royal Cultural Center, Amman, Jordan, 1993; and Cultural Foundation Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi 1992.