Adel Khozam

Adel Khozam is a highly respected and admired poet, composer & journalist from Dubai - the United Arab Emirates. He is very much involved in both the Arab and international poetry scene, as his poems were translated into several languages. He has published 17 books composed of poetry collections, novels, philosophy, and spirituality. His novel titled Life Through the Third Eye won the Golden Seal for Featured Books in Literature and was also nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award for Independent Publication in the United States in 2015.

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His poetry collection Naked Spring won the Tulliola International Poetry Prize in Italy, 2020. The well-renowned Arab poet Adonis described it as "the most visionary book amongst most Arab poetry books in first quarter of the 21st Century."

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In 2021, Adel was awarded the Silver Shield by the World Hispanic Union of Writers for his distinguished work poetry in the five continents. He is also the creator of the global anthology “World Poetry Tree", a remarkable project published during Dubai’s Expo 2020 and features more than 405 poets from 106 countries from all over the world.

The Committee of the International Center for Translation and Poetry Research in China awarded him, by majority, the Best International Poet Award for the year 2021.