Belques Melhem

Belques Muhammad Abdullah Al-Melhem (born August 9, 1977) is a Saudi poet and short story writer who was born and raised in Hofuf, Al-Ahsa. She received a BA in Islamic studies from King Faisal University in Dammam. She works as a teacher. She was appointed as an ambassador for free culture in the Arabian Gulf in 2012 from the Naji Noaman Foundation. She has published several collections of short stories, poetry and novels, and has won several local and regional awards.