The crown and the AED 1,000,000 went to Eyad Hakami, that won the period seven Royal prince of Poets competition. A young poet that comes from Jazan, a city in the south of Saudi Arabia, Eyad was overwhelmed with joy and pride when his name was introduced close to twelve o'clock at night on Tuesday night, April 25th, throughout the show at Al Raha Coastline Theatre in Abu Dhabi, transmitted live on Baynounah TV and Abu Dhabi TELEVISION.

" I obtained a call from my mama just before the show and she claimed 'You're going to be the Royal prince!' Tonight, though, everybody are winners. We are greater than pals, we resemble family currently," claimed Eyad.

" I really feel remaining in the last, and currently winning, is a big obligation! Before the show, individuals that review my poetry remained in their hundreds, but now they are thousands of thousands, so I should be just as good as they expect me to be. We received a remarkable amount of comments and motivation from the target market and now, when I compose a poem I am a lot more careful to supply verses worthwhile of the Prince of Poets title. I should be an actual royal prince in my writing."

" The very first thing I will do when I return residence is to sleep for two months! Seriously, however, I think I'm mosting likely to have a break to find out more than to create, to provide far better devices for my writing. When I feel I prepare to write far better than I used to, I'll do it. Ideally I will certainly release a volume of poetry and I additionally prepare to take a trip abroad to consult with poets from other nations and exchange suggestions and experiences," he added.

Arranged by the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festival Board - Abu Dhabi, the Royal prince of Poets competition started on February 21st with 20 poets standing for 12 Arab countries, picked from numerous prospects. For the very first time during this seventh period, fifty percent of the competitors were females. Over the 10 programs that happened on Tuesday evenings at Al Raha Beach theatre, they all reached write their poems and state them before the courts, the audience and the customers in your home.

The three judges, Dr. Ali bin Tamim (UAE), Dr. Salah Fadl (Egypt) and Dr. Abdelmalek Mortadh (Algeria) provided constructive criticism for each poem in the competition. Their ballots (50%) and the audiences' votes (50%) cut the excellent from the most effective till just six progressed right into the finals.

" With every season the competition got gradually better and this season was no various," mentioned Eissa Saif Al Mazrouei, the Committee's Director of Unique Policies and Jobs.

" The poets currently much better understand the conditions of the competition, as they learnt from watching others compete. Also, all the activities that include the Prince of Poets, all the seminars through the Poetry Academy and the poetry occasions arranged by the Committee, added to making verse famous once more, bringing it back to its previous magnificence, to be part of society, part of the majlis, approved and invited everywhere."

"I assume season seven got and advanced that energy that Royal prince of Poets began in period one. Just what was various this year was the 10 women poets in the programme, which developed a very high level of competition throughout the competition. In the end, poetry won," he said.

In the final six only one women poet was still standing: Afya Al Asadi from Iraq. The evening began with announcing the first ballots that removed one last competitor from the winning 5. It was Oman's Nasser Al Ghassani. Before the winning outcomes were announced, each of the final five stated one last poem. It started with Afya, that preferred to dedicate her last verse on Royal prince of Poets stage to females throughout the world.

"Tonight I'm not anxious any more. I feel extra certain in my verse and myself, particularly considering that my country, Iraq, stands with me, individuals sustaining me with their ballots and their messages and I do not know just how far better else I can thank them, so I simply thank," she said as she was getting ready to get in the limelight.

"I received a great deal of support from other female poets also and I really feel now, in the finals, it would resemble a party for everybody. My friends and family also stand with me. My mama sent me a message stating 'Be on your own in your writing and state well. We have full self-confidence in you, and you recognize that the entire nation is with you, all Iraq talks your name and has your picture, so just be on your own". Whatever occurs tonight, I seem like a winner".

After an excellent poetry night, the unique guests of the finals' competitors, Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Philanthropic and Altruist Foundation, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Society and Knowledge and His Excellency Team Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Cultural Programmes and Heritage Festivals Committee, were welcomed to award the champions as the outcomes were lastly announced.
In 5th place, which featured an AED 100,000 cheque, was Afya, followed by Chaikhna Haidara (Mauritania), who won 4th place and AED 200,000 and Egypt's Hassan Amer, winning third place and AED 300,000.

The heat in the audience began rising, the group now standing and supporting as two Saudi poets were now in a toe-to-toe fight of knowledgeables. As Eyad's name was pronounced, Tariq Al Sumayli was comfortably praised for winning 2nd place and AED 500,000. Confetti, joys and blinking cams ended another fantastic period for timeless Arabic verse. Prior to season 8 of Prince of Poets go back to Al Raha Beach Theater in 2019, it will be the turn of Nabati (Bedouin dialect) Million Poet competitors to prompt and motivate poets and poetry connoisseurs next year.