In Commemoration of Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais

United Arab Emirates30 April 2001Draft

An Emirati poet, Sultan Bin Ali AI Owais was born in Hira City of 3harjah, United Arab Emirates. His family was fond of education, and he had many relatives who Here famous researchers, poets, and writers, such as the famous Poet Salim Bin Ali AI Owais, and Ahmed Bin Ali AI Owais. Sultan, born of a family that loved poetry and literature, was therefore brought up in an educational atmosphere such, that he become one of the most famous poets in the Emirates. His poetry has circulated widely in the Gulf region and other Arab countries. Sultan is well known as a poet in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt and has always been well respected by other well known Arabian poets, with whom he both met and exchanged poetry. Through such relations he was an ambassador for his country and introduced many Poets to it. From an early age Sultan become a businessman and like his family was quite successful in this field. Some of his relatives were also quite successful In business such as the late Ali Bin Abdullah AI Owais (Sultan's father) who was a very successful merchant dealing in pearls until the decline of this trade. Benefiting from the experience of his father, Sultan become a very Important businessman. Sultan worked extensively in the pearl trade and other businesses often travelling between India and the Emirates and gaining much needed experience.