About Shafiqa Zawqari
Born 1942. Shafiqa Zawqari is a Yemeni short story writer.
Shafiqa Ahmad al-Zawqari (زوقري، شفيقة أحمد; born ) is a Yemeni short story writer.
Shafiqa Zawqari was born on in Aden, Yemen. As of 2008, she was a school principal living in the United Arab Emirates.
She was one of 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.
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Yemeni short story writer
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Shafiqa Zawqari was born in 1942.
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