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{{Infobox museum
| name            = Museum of the Poet Al Oqaili
| established     = 1923
| location        = Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| type            = Historical museum
}}
The '''Museum of the Poet Al Oqaili''' is a museum located in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]] dedicated to the Saudi-born poet Mubarak bin Hamad bin Mubarak Al Manea Al Oqaili. The museum is the former residence of Al Oqaili and was built in 1923 on the edge of the Spice Souq, and he lived in it after he moved from [[Saudi Arabia]] to the UAE. The museum displays the poet's original manuscripts, personal belongings (such as his desk, gun, and pen), documents, and his original wills.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Museum of the Poet Al Oqaili {{!}} Museums in Dubai {{!}}Visit Dubai |url=https://www.visitdubai.com/en/places-to-visit/museum-of-the-poet-al-oqaili |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.visitdubai.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of the Poet Al Oqaili {{!}} Deira, Dubai {{!}} Attractions |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/united-arab-emirates/dubai/deira/attractions/museum-of-the-poet-al-oqaili/a/poi-sig/1570202/1336050 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Lonely Planet |language=en}}</ref>
== Building ==
Al Oqali brought a group of builders from the region of [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|Al Ahsa]] in the east of the [[Arabian Peninsula]] to build this house. The house has two floors and a space of over 187 square meters. It was built from [[Coral rag|coral]], [[Rock (geology)|stone]], [[plaster]], [[sandalwood]], [[teak]]wood, [[frond]]s, trunks of [[Arecaceae|palm trees]], and the building material [[sarooj]].<ref name=":0" />
== About the museum ==
The museum displays Al Oqaiili's poetry, documents and will, furniture, and household items which represent the last quarter of the 19th century till the first half of the 20th century. Some of the work displayed is in the poet's handwriting.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Museum of the Poet Al Oqaili {{!}} Dubai Culture |url=https://dubaiculture.gov.ae/en/attractions/museums/al-oqaili-museum |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=dubaiculture.gov.ae}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Museum Of The Poet Al-Oqaili |url=https://goldsoukdubai.com/listing/museum-of-the-poet-al-oqaili/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Gold Souk Dubai |language=en-US}}</ref>
The museum contains nine main wings, which are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
* Al Oqaili Life
* Al Oqaili’s Eloquent Poetry
* Al Oqaili’s Nabatean Poetry
* Al Oqaili’s Correspondence
* Al Oqaili’s Cultural and Social Life
* Al Oqaili’s Manuscripts
* Al Oqaili’s Majlis
* Al Oqaili’s House Restoration
* Writings about Al Oqaili
== About the poet ==
He is a poet of Saudi origin; he was born in [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|Al-Ahsa]] in the [[Sanjak|Ottoman Sanjak]] of [[Najd]], where he grew up and studied. He was then imprisoned for three years and was forced to leave after that. He moved between Iraq, the Sultanate of Oman, and Bahrain. In the end, he finally settled in the Emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 1897, where he contacted its scholars and excelled in classical and popular poetry, where he composed classical poetry as well as colloquial poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-10 |title=جريدة الرياض {{!}} عاصر نوابغ الشعر كابن مسلم وعبدالحي والمغلوث |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/378594/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010165753/http://www.alriyadh.com/378594/ |archive-date=2020-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-01 |title=مبارك العقيلي.. شاعر الحب والجمال في زمن المعاناة |url=https://www.albayan.ae/economy/2002-03-08-1.1299999 |access-date=2024-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101193051/https://www.albayan.ae/economy/2002-03-08-1.1299999 |archive-date=2023-01-01 }}</ref>
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