Zahra Rahmat Allah is a Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

i short story writer. She studied English literature

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 at Aden University and worked at Saba

Saba News Agency

The Saba News Agency also known as the Yemen News Agency, is the official state news agency of Yemen. It was founded on 16 November 1970 and is headquartered in the capital Sana'a....

, the state news agency. She was also chief editor of the magazine of the Yemeni Women's Union. Her first book of short stories was titled Bidaya Ukhra (Another Beginning) was published from Sanaa in 1994. Her story "The Secret" won a BBC

BBC

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short story competition in 2007.

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