Shafiqa Zawqari
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شفيقة زوقري  | |
| Born | 1942 |
| Occupation | Short story writer |
Shafiqa Ahmad al-Zawqari (زوقري، شفيقة أحمد; born 1942) is a Yemeni short story writer.
Shafiqa Zawqari was born on 1942 in Aden, Yemen. As of 2008, she was a school principal living in the United Arab Emirates.[1]
She was a number of women writers in 1970s Yemen creating direct, realistic stories involving contemporary issues, politics, and social criticism. Her prize-winning short story " ارملة الشهيد" (Armalat shahid/A Martyr's Widow) was published in the first issue of the periodical المجلة (Almajalah) in 1968. She has published two collections of short stories.[1][2]
Bibliography
[edit]- نبضات قلب/Nabadat qalb (Heartbeats), 1970[1]
- حرمان ضالة أخرى/Hırmān Ḍāllah ukhrā (Another Unfulfilled Desire), 1977[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Achour, Radwa; Ghazoul, Ferial Jabouri; Reda-Mekdashi, Hasna (2008). Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999. Cairo: American university in Cairo press. ISBN 978-977-416-146-9.
- ^ Altwaiji, Mubarak (September 2019). "Socio-Political Realities in Yemeni Novel". Literary Voice. 11 (1): 90–96.
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