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Written By: Khalid al-Syghi
Article Date: May 3, 2008 - 6:35:57 AM
Aiman Nasseralal- Khulaifi al-Hilali, a child from Tho-khan area in Attaq district in Shabwa, won the Million Poet prize. The prize is organized by the UAE, where many children from the Arab countries contested in it.
Naba news covered the festival, where the child showed eloquence, boldness, and courage, sending the audience into continuous round of applause. He won the contest by a poem which he dedicated to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zaid.
Aiman descends from an old poetic family. His grandfather, father, and cousins are famous poets in Shabwa. He lived in this environment which was encourage by his father who is an expatriate in the UAE.