Nabila al-Zubayr explained

Nabila Muhsin Ali al-Zubayr (born 1964) is a Yemeni poet and novelist.[1] She was born in the village of al-Hagara in the Haraz region and studied at the University of Sanaa, obtaining a BA in psychology. In the past, she has been a regular contributor to Yemeni journals al-Thawra, al-'Uruba, al-Mithaq and al-Mar'a. Her first book of poems titled Mutawaliyat al-kidhba al-ra'i'a (Successions of the Magnificent Lie) was published in Damascus in 1990.[2] She has published further volumes of poetry since.

al-Zubayr's poetry has appeared in English translation in Banipal magazine and also in a 2008 anthology called .

Notes and References

  1. http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/671/nabila_al-zubair/ Profile in Banipal magazine
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=MB6gphBXU0kC&dq=nabila+al-zubayr&pg=PA297 Author biography in "Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999" by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi