Zahir al-Ghafri (Arabic: زاهر الغافري) (b. 1956) is a poet from the Sultanate of Oman. Born in Zanzibar, al-Ghafri is affiliated with the University of Mohammed V, Rabat, department of philosophy and has published 12 collections of poetry. Some of his work has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and other languages. In 2008, he was awarded the Kika Poetry Prize for his poem "Stranger Between Two Rivers".