Shafiqa Ahmad al-Zawqari (زوقري، شفيقة أحمد; born 1942) is a Yemeni short story writer.

Shafiqa Zawqari
شفيقة زوقري Edit this on Wikidata
Born1942 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationShort story writer Edit this on Wikidata

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

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  • نبضات قلب/Nabadat qalb (Heartbeats), 1970[1]
  • حرمان ضالة أخرى/Hırmān Ḍāllah ukhrā (Another Unfulfilled Desire), 1977[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Altwaiji, Mubarak (September 2019). "Socio-Political Realities in Yemeni Novel". Literary Voice. 11 (1): 90–96.