Waddah al-Yaman (Arabic: وضّاح اليمن), born Abdul Rahman bin Isma’il al-Khawlani (Arabic: عبدالرحمن بن اسماعيل الخولاني) (died 708), was an Arab poet.
Al-Yaman was born in Yemen in the second half of the seventh century.
He was famous for his erotic and romantic poems.
[1] He was executed by the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I, allegedly due to his over familiarity with his wife.
Al-Yaman is now regarded as the national poet of Yemen.