Khawla Hamdan al-Zahiri (sometimes az-Zahiri or Azzahiri) (born December 21, 1969) is an Omani short story writer. Al-Zahiri was born in

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. She received her bachelor's degree in education in 1991 from United Arab Emirates University. In 1998 one of her short stories received third prize in a competition sponsored by the Girls' Clubs in Sharjah; that same year her work appeared in the anthology ''Aswatuhunna'' (''Their Voices''), published in Beirut, of work by writers from the

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. Her stories have been published in both her native country and in the United Arab Emirates.

Works

* ''Saba`'', 1998

References

{{authority control 1969 births Living people Omani women writers Omani short story writers Women short story writers 20th-century short story writers 20th-century women writers 21st-century short story writers 21st-century women writers United Arab Emirates University alumni People from Sohar