Samir Abdel Fattah is a Yemeni short story writer, novelist and playwright. He moved to Sanaa in 1982, where he studied economics

Economics

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...

 and business at university. He is known for his short story collections, the first of which, Ranin al-matar, appeared in 2002. He has published two more collections since. He has written two novels: Riwayat al-Sayyid Mim (2007) and Ibn al-nasr (2008). He has also written plays for the theatre.

Abdel Fattah is a versatile writer, with a particular interest in European literature

European literature

European literature refers to the literature of Europe.European literature includes literature in many languages; among the most important of the modern written works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the...

, especially that of Russia

Russia

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. He often deals with existential themes and his work is regarded as part of the avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

 in modern Yemeni literature. In 2009, he teamed up with fellow writers Nadia al-Kokabany

Nadia Al-Kokabany

Nadia Al-Kokabany is a Yemeni novelist, short story writer and academic. She was born in Taiz and studied architecture at Sanaa University. She completed a PhD in architecture at Cairo University in 2008, before returning to take up an academic position at Sanaa University.Her first published...

, Wajdi al-Ahdal

Wajdi al-Ahdal

Wajdi al-Ahdal is a Yemeni novelist, short story writer and playwright. He was born near Bajil in the province of Hadida and studied at the University of Sanaa...

 and Ali al-Moqri to form a literary group called Meeting Yesterday. His work has been translated into Italian

Italian language

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and was included in an anthology of contemporary Yemeni writers called Perle Dello Yemen (2009).