Shafiqa Zawqari

Shafiqa Ahmad al-Zawqari 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" was published in the first issue of the periodical المجلة in 1968. She has published two collections of short stories.