Muhammad Taha Al-Qaddal

Muhammad Taha Al-Qaddal, also transcribed as Muhammad Al-Gaddal (Arabic: محمد طه القدّال, Sudanese Arabic pronunciation: muˈħammad ˈtˤɑhɑ al gaddɑːl; 12 December 1951 – 4 July 2021), was a Sudanese poet. Al-Qaddal began his literary career in the late 1960s; he wrote contemporary Arabic lyric poetry and became known in the early 1980s for expressing socio-political messages through his verses. Some of his poems were put to music by some Sudanese singers. His poetry was about the suffering of Sudanese during the late 1990s Islamist military government period.