Nabila Muhsin Ali al-Zubayr (born 1964) is a

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i poet and novelist. She was born in the village of al-Hagara in the Haraz region and studied at the

University of Sanaa Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the Republic of Yemen (see also Aden University). It is located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and is currently o ...

, obtaining a BA in psychology. In the past, she has been a regular contributor to Yemeni journals

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, 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

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in 1990.Author biography in "Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999" by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi
/ref> She has published further volumes of poetry since. al-Zubayr's poetry has appeared in English translation in

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magazine and also in a 2008 anthology called '' Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond''.

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