Shamma Al Bastaki

Shamma Al Bastaki is an Emirati writer and poet from Dubai, where her poetry collection Al-Majaz: A Crossing won the Best Thesis Prize. She earned her BA in Literature and Creative Writing from NYU Abu Dhabi, where her work House to House: لبيت بيت received the ADMAF Creativity Award in 2019. Her writing has appeared in Asymptote, the Harvard Graduate Review, and other publications. Shamma has collaborated with the Louvre Abu Dhabi, was a Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellow, and co-founded JARA Collective. She has been featured at events such as the Natural History Museum in London and Cop28. Bastaki holds an MA in Regional Studies–Middle East from Harvard University.

Shamma Al Bastaki adalah seorang penulis dan penyair Emirat dari Dubai. Kumpulan puisinya Al-Majaz: A Crossing memenangkan Best Thesis Prize. Ia meraih gelar BA dalam Sastra dan Penulisan Kreatif dari NYU Abu Dhabi, di mana karyanya House to House: لبيت بيت mendapatkan ADMAF Creativity Award pada tahun 2019. Tulisan Shamma telah diterbitkan di Asymptote, Harvard Graduate Review, dan publikasi lainnya. Ia telah berkolaborasi dengan Louvre Abu Dhabi, merupakan Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellow, dan salah satu pendiri JARA Collective. Ia telah tampil di acara-acara seperti Natural History Museum di London dan Cop28. Shamma memegang gelar MA dalam Studi Regional–Timur Tengah dari Harvard University.