Veteran Emirati poet Rabie bin Yaqut dies at 96 gulfnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gulfnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rabie Bin Yaqoot was born in Ajman in 1928. He joined the Katateeb early but did not stay there for long. He tried to search for work to earn a living from before he traveled to Kuwait in the 1940s with a group of his friends including Hamad Khalifa Bushahab and Rashid Bin Safwan. He was then in his early twenties and was known to have the talent of poetry.