Suad Al-Sabah

KUWAIT: Suad Al-Sabah Publishing House has published a book on veteran Kuwaiti poet Dr Suad Al-Sabah titled “Suad Al-Sabah... the human being... lover of homeland”, written by former Egyptian minister and secretary general of the Arab Human Rights Organization (1986-2008) Mohammad Faeq.

“There are personalities who enrich our lives with joy, love and appreciation, and there is no doubt that Suad Al-Sabah is one such unique person who leaves such an effect in all fields of activities that they get involved in,” Faeq wrote in the book. “Suad Al-Sabah has dealt with many fields related to our lives through her poetry, writings and her many contributions to seminars and conferences that were held to discuss the concerns of our nation.”

The book comes out as a panoramic journey on which Faeq takes the reader, moving between many phases in Suad Al-Sabah’s life of over 50 years of hard and continued work in many fields that were distinguished by challenges, perseverance and solid determination.

The 200-page book includes several comments by Arab writers and diplomats on the various aspects of Dr Suad’s personality, including culture, of which she has been a supporter, financier, publisher and award giver, as well as a poet who proved to have a strong presence in the Arab creative scene. She is also a respected activist in the field of human rights and had an active role in establishing the Arab Organization for Human Rights. Furthermore, she is an exceptional lover of her homeland Kuwait and the Arab world in general, and is committed since the start to loyalty, truthfulness, simplicity and giving.

Many Arab personalities are quoted in the book, speaking about Dr Suad Al-Sabah’s contributions, including Talal Abu Ghazaleh, who referred to her as “the lady of initiatives”, the late novelist Ismail Fahad Ismail, who pointed to Dr Suad Al-Sabah’s interest in human rights, and Yahya Al-Jamal, who commented on the establishment of the Arab Human Rights Organization.