Reem al-Kamali

Reem Al-Kamali is an Emirati author and journalist. She was born in 1979 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is primarily interested in heritage and ancient languages.

Biography Al-Kamali completed her high school education in Al-Ittihad School in Dubai. She obtained a Diploma in Social Studies from Al-Ain Scientific College. Then, she went on to obtain her Bachelor's Degree in History from the Lebanese University in Beirut.

Her works The Sultanate of Hormuz (2013), Owais Prize for Creativity in 2015 The Statue of Dalma (2018), winner of the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity Rose’s Diary (2021), shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2022

Awards

Al-Owais Creative Award for The Sultanate of Hormuz, 2015 The Sharjah International Book Fair Best Emirati Book Award for The Statue of Dalma, 2018. Her novel, Rose's Diary, was shortlisted for the Poker Award in 2022 and was longlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for 2021.