Draft:Ousha bint Khalifa Award

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{{Infobox award

| name = Ousha bint Khalifa Poetry Award

| type = Literary Award

| sponsor = Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

| country = United Arab Emirates

| year = 2019

| value = 300,000 AED

| official_website = https://www.oshaaward.com/

}}

Ousha bint Khalifa Al-Suwaidi Award is an Emirati poetry award for Nabati poetry. It was launched in 2019 in conjunction with the UAE's International Women's Day, in honor of the Emirati poetess known as (The Girl of the Arabs){{Cite web

|url = https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/culture/2019-08-29-1.1246203

|title = "The Ministry of Culture" launches "Ousha Al-Suwaidi Award for Nabati Poetry" - Our Life - Culture - Emirates Today

|website = www.emaratalyoum.com

|language = ar

|accessdate = 2020-08-27

|last = Today

|first = Dubai-UAE

|date = 28 August 2019

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133110/https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/culture/2019-08-29-1.1246203|archive-date=2020-08-27}},who is considered one of the most important poetic figures in the UAE.{{Cite web

|url = https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/culture/2020-08-21-1.1388816

|title = Final preparations for the "Ousha bint Khalifa" Nabati poetry award - Our Life - Culture - Emirates Today

|website = www.emaratalyoum.com

|language = ar

|accessdate = 2020-08-27

|last = Today

|first = Dubai-UAE

|date = 20 August 2020

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133114/https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/culture/2020-08-21-1.1388816|archive-date=2020-08-27}}The award focuses on highlighting Nabati poetry in the Gulf region.{{Cite web

|url = https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/mirrors/2020-08-21-1.3941235

|title = Announcement of "Ousha bint Khalifa" Nabati Poetry Award - Thought and Art - Mirrors - Al-Bayan

|website = www.albayan.ae

|language = ar

|accessdate = 2020-08-27

|last = Al-Bayan

|first = Dubai-

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133117/https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/mirrors/2020-08-21-1.3941235|archive-date=2020-08-27}}It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development in the UAE, and it was established and sponsored by Khalaf Ahmed Habbtour.{{Cite web

|url = https://www.alowais.com/16168/

|title = Launch of the Ousha bint Khalifa Al-Suwaidi Nabati Poetry Award

|website = Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation

|language = ar

|accessdate = 2020-08-27

|last = Feras

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133122/https://www.alowais.com/16168/|archive-date=2020-08-27}}{{Cite journal|url= https://www.oshaaward.com/pdf/OshaAward.pdf|title= Award Brochure|date=|newspaper=|place=|last=|first=|accessdate=|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200827133210/https://www.oshaaward.com/pdf/OshaAward.pdf|archive-date=2020-08-27}}The value of the award is 300,000 AED,and it has four categories: the first honors a prominent Gulf personality with literary contributions,the second is for the best imitation of Ousha's poems,the third for the best recitation of one of her poems, and the fourth for the best literary study presented on her poetry.{{Cite web

|url = https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/east-and-west/2020-03-08-1.3797845

|title = Ousha bint Khalifa's "Girl of the Arabs" Nabati poetry award "Verses like smooth stones" - Thought and Art - East and West - Al-Bayan

|website = www.albayan.ae

|language = ar

|accessdate = 2020-08-27

|last = Howkel

|first = Dubai - Khulood

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200309155414/https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/east-and-west/2020-03-08-1.3797845|archive-date=2020-03-09}}