May Mudhaffar

May Muzaffar (born 1940; ) is a Jordan-based Iraqi poet, short story writer, translator, and editor.

Early life and education May Muzaffar was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1940. She attended the University of Baghdad, where she studied English literature.

Writing Muzaffar is known for her work as a writer of poetry and short stories, as well as literary criticism. She has produced five story collections, including Al Baja (1973). Other work published in English translation includes a contribution to the 2000 collection The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology.

She has also worked as a translator and editor. Her translations into Arabic include poetry from Ted Hughes and Etel Adnan, and she has served as a contributing editor to the Bahraini literary journal Thaqafat. In 1991, she left Iraq for Amman, Jordan, where she continues to reside and work, as part of a wave of Iraqi writers and artists who emigrated in this period.

Personal life May Muzaffar was married to the late Iraqi artist Rafa al-Nasiri, whom she first met in 1971. Since his death in 2013, she has worked to preserve and promote his work and legacy.