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Abu Dhabi: 10 top poets qualified for phase 2 of “Million’s Poet”

- Sarah Khan

Thursday, 31 December 2009 11:07

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UAE (Abu Dhabi) – More top Nabati poets were qualified last Wednesday to participate in the second phase of Arabs top poetry competition “Million’s Poet”.

In the third episode of the competition broadcast live on Abu Dhabi TV from Al Raha Beach Theater in the capital, the jury panel of the competition organised and produced by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), qualified Saudi poet Nayif Bin Arweil by giving him 45 points out of 50 and Kuwaiti poet Nassar Al Suwait who was given 44 points. Booth were chosen out of 8 poets participated in the episode by delivering powerful poems in one of the ancient forms of Arabic literature.
The total number of poets qualified for the second phase so far is 10, five of them from Saudi Arabia, 2 from Kuwait, and one from each Yemen, Jordan and Qatar, among them two female poets.

The second phase of the competition will start after three weeks after qualifying the whole 48 poets from all over the Arab world using a mixture of jury votes, live audience votes via the in-theatre voting pods and SMS voting throughout the weeks.

The 48 poets were carefully selected by a panel of experts on Nabati poetry (dialect poetry), from thousands of applicants after a six-week tour of the Arabian Gulf countries with contestants from all over the Arab world. The poets will battle it out, seeking to impress the jury and the audience with their poetic skills, in the hope of making it through to the grand final.

The Millions’ Poet who wins first place will receive an increased grand prize of 5 million AED ($1,362,000), second place will be awarded 4 million AED ($ 1,090,000), third place 3 million AED ($ 817,000), fourth place 2 million AED ($ 545,000) and fifth place 1 million AED ($ 272,000). The prize money for all contestants, at the behest of HH Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will total 22 million AED (more than $ 4 million).

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