Fatima al-Taytun

Fatima Ahmad al-Taytun (born 1962) is a Bahraini poet.
Al-Taytun was one of a generation of poets, many of whom have been found controversial by the government of Bahrain, that rose to prominence in the 1990s. She teaches Arabic in primary schools, and is a member of the Family of Writers and Authors. She has published numerous collections of poetry, beginning in 1991 with "Arsum qalbi" ("I Draw My Heart"); other works include "al-Awqat al-mahura" ("The Desolate Times", 1994) and "Tygys al-'ishq" ("The Rituals of Love", 1996).