Entesar Hasan Meshrah is a Yemeni poet and writer, born on September 28, 1983, in the Soviet Union.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Language and Literature, awarded in 2006. She writes poetry, novels, plays, and various forms of children’s literature.
Artistic Officer at the Yemeni House of Poetry (2007).
Director of the Arab Cultural House in India – Yemen.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Al-Harf, a peer-reviewed academic newspaper.
Secretary of the Arab Poets Union.
Supervisor at the Arabic Poem Forum, in the Translation and Promising Creative Works sections.
Educator and Arabic language teacher at several Yemeni schools.
Managed a private school for four years.
Member of the Editorial Board of Aqlam Arabiya Magazine.
Member of the judging panels for several literary competitions organized by the Arab Cultural House, Al-Harf peer-reviewed academic magazine, and the Yemen Writers Forum.
Skilled in drawing; she also taught art education to primary school students.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Moroccan magazine Fan Al-Sard.
Published Books
An Immersion in the Depths of Royal Love – Dar Al-Awtan, Algeria (2013).
My Poetry for Your Eyes – Diwan Al-Arab Publishing House, Egypt (2021).
Longing with the Scent of Vanilla – Bilal Printing and Publishing House, Morocco (2021).
Two Children’s Stories – published by the Middle East Center for Studies and Research, Palestine (2022).
Showers of Longing – Diwan Al-Arab Publishing House, Port Said, Egypt (2023).
Engravings on the Rock of Sisyphus – Arab Printing and Publishing Collective, Egypt (2024).
Features of Pain – Very Short Stories, Ibda’ Kateb Publishing House, Egypt (2025).
Echoes from a Rosy Horizon – Poetry Collection, Nadia Publishing and Distribution House, Egypt (2026).
E-Books
Between the Lines
Scheherazade’s Snippets
A Mature Childhood
Write Correctly
Published by Hurouf Manthoura Publishing House, Cairo (2014–2015).
Works in a Foreign Language
Роды свободы – a Russian-language poetry collection, Russia (2025).
Publications and Encyclopedias
She has participated in more than 30 collective poetry anthologies.
Her work has also been included in several literary encyclopedias and reference works, including:
Al-Babtain Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Poets
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Arab Women’s Poetry
Bibliographical Encyclopedia of Yemeni Literature
Literary Awards
She has received numerous literary awards, including:
Second Place, Katara Twitter Competition for Classical Arabic Poetry – Qatar (2016).
Naji Naaman Literary Creativity Prize – Lebanon (2017).
First Place in Poetry, Diwan Al-Arab Competition, Fifth Edition – Egypt (2021).
Gallery Literary Award, Arab Poetry Category, Arab Ben Jelloun Edition – Morocco (2021).
Second Place, International Poetry Competition – University of Minnesota, USA (2023).
Second Place, International Theatre Festival, for a play based on popular heritage – Qena Governorate, Egypt (2023).
Third Place, Dr. Alaa Al-Jaber Award for Children’s Theatre Creativity – Egypt (2024).
Third Place, 1,000 Children’s Playwrights Award – Iraq (2024).
Winner, “In the Beginning Was the Word” Competition, Russian-language Poetry Category – Russia (2024).
First Place in Arabic Poetry, Dr. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Mushaigeh Competition – Saudi Arabia (2025).
Third Place, Dr. Alaa Al-Jaber Award for Children’s Theatre Scripts – Egypt / Kuwait (2025).
First Place in Poetry, Yaro Foundation for Egyptian Civilization – Egypt (2026
