Zayd Salih al-Faqih is a

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

i short story writer, journalist and essayist.Profile in Arablist website (translated from Italian)
/ref> He was born in a village in

Ibb Governorate Ibb ( ar, إِبّ ') is a governorate of Yemen. It is located in the inland south of the country with Ta'izz Governorate to the southwest, Ad Dali' Governorate to the southeast, Dhamar Governorate to the north, and short borders with Al Bayda' ...

in 1964, and studied

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. He then continued his studies at the University of Dhamar. He worked at the Yemeni ministry of culture, becoming the head of press and communication. He has published a number of short story collections, including ''Awtar li-awridat al-ghubar'' and ''

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'' (Obedience). He has also served as the secretary general of the Yemeni Writers' League. al-Faqih's work has been translated into

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and one of his short stories "The Veiled One" was included in a recent anthology of short stories from the

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. He has also been translated into Italian.

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