Prince Badr bin Abdul Mohsen bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (born April 2, 1949 AD / Jumada al-Akhirah 4, 1368 AH - died May 4, 2024 AD / Shawwal 25, 1445 AH) is a Saudi poet known on the Saudi and Arab scene as one of the most prominent pioneers of poetic modernity in the Arabian Peninsula, with great efforts. 

In developing literary texts of a high level that combine flirtation, pride, pathos, and the social and political reality of the Kingdom and the Arab world. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, honored him by granting him the King Abdulaziz Sash in 2019.

Prince Badr grew up in a house of science and literature, where his father was a lover of science and literature. He was also a creative poet and had a huge library that included many books. His father’s council was full of scholars, writers, and leading thinkers at that time, which had a profound impact on Prince Badr’s love for literature and poetry.

He studied his primary stages in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, his middle school at Queen Victoria School in Alexandria, and his secondary school studies in Riyadh. He also studied in Britain and the United States of America.

The name of Prince Badr bin Abdul Mohsen recently emerged among activists on social media following what he said about the existence of “something divine” with the rise of the Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the Kingdom.

Egypt daily News sends it's deepest condolences to the family. May he Rest In Peace.