In a space that oscillates between the density of poetry and the magic of narrative, Emirati short-story writer and poet Abdulrahman Al Humairi — holder of the 'Prince of Poets' title for 2025 — stands to redefine the relationship between poetry and the short story. In his telling, this duality is not a conflict between two literary forms, but rather a continuous journey of self-discovery and exploration of the world, driven not by premeditation but by an intuition that takes shape in the shadows — and wherever it leads him, Al Humairi follows, into paths of light and divergent ideas.
In an exclusive interview with Al Bayan, Al Humairi says his writing of flash fiction and the very short story is nothing more than a natural extension of his experience, with the idea sometimes choosing its own form.