Gulfnews: Poetic moments
"After my father's death I wanted to raise awareness about cancer. I wanted to help people...," says Al Adawi.
I feel my poems are affirmative and centre on hope … I don't believe in giving up. For me, poetry is like a song that is constantly humming in my mind.
I was born on the small island of Pemba near Zanzibar in Tanzania. I am of mixed parentage with my father [who lived in Zanzibar] hailing from nearby Comoros island while my mother's family is Omani, from the northern town of Rustaq, although she was born and raised in Zanzibar.
I moved to Ras al Khaimah when I was 4 then shifted base to Dubai nine years later. I still regard the UAE as my home for it is where I attended school and grew up. I have been living in Oman for a decade and am presently working as a coordinator at the Spanish Language Centre in Muscat.
As a child, I had various dreams …
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