Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum

Yemeni novelist and writer

Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum

Born| 1945

Nihm District, Sana'a

Nationality| Yemeni
Other names| Azizah Abd Allah
Occupation| Novelist
Years active| 1997-present

Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum (born 1945) is a Yemeni novelist and writer.[1] She was born in Nihm District into a prominent sheikh family, and although she did not have formal schooling, she was brought up in a culturally aware environment. She married a diplomat which allowed her to live abroad and experience foreign cultures, before returning to live in Sana'a.

Along with Ramziyya al-Iryani, Azizah is considered one of the pioneering women of contemporary Yemeni literature.[2] Her first novel Ahlam wa Nabilah was published from Cairo in 1997 and she has published several more novels since. More broadly, she has played a major role in the women's rights movement in Yemen. She helped to establish the Yemeni Women's Association in the 1970s and also participated in the US-based Arab Women's Council.[citation needed]

Because of the prominence of the Abu Lahum name, Azizah prefers to publish under the name of Azizah Abd Allah.[citation needed]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999, by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi
2. ^ "Gender and the Writing of Yemeni Women Writers by Antelak Al-Mutawakel, PhD dissertation, University of Tilburg, 2005". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-02-27.

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* Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
* Abdullah Al-Baradouni
* Abd al-Karim al-Razihi
* Abd al-Majeed al-Qadi
* Abdallah Abbas Al-Iryani
* Abdallah Salim Bawazir
* Abdulnasser Mugali
* Abd al-Rahman Fakhri
* Ahmad Amran
* Ahmad Mahfuz Umar
* Ahmad Zein
* Ali al-Muqri
* Ali Mohammed Zayd
* Al-Qarshi Abd ur-Raheem Salaam
* Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum
* Habib Abdulrab Sarori
* Hasan al-Lawzi
* Hoda Ablan
* Huda al-Attas
* Ibtisam al-Mutawakkil
* Junaid Muhammad Junaid
* Kamal Haydar
* Lutf al-Sarary
* Maha Naji Salah
* Mahasin al-Hawati
* Mayfa' Abdel Rahman
* Muhammad Abdallah Muthanna
* Mohammad Abdul-Wali
* Mohammad al-Qaood
* Muhammad Ali Luqman
* Muhammad al-Gharbi Amran
* Muhammad al-Gharsi
* Muhammad al-Shurafi
* Muhammad Saeed Sayf
* Muhammad Salih Haydara
* Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Zubairi
* Muhammad Umar Bahah
* Mutaher al-Eryani
* Nabila al-Zubayr
* Nadia Al-Kokabany
* Ramziya al-Iryani
* Saeed Aulaqi
* Salih Saeed Ba-Amer
* Samir Abdel Fattah
* Shawqi Shafiq
* Wajdi al-Ahdal
* Yasir Abdel Baqi
* Zahra Rahmat Allah
* Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
* Zayd Salih al-Faqih

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