Huda al-Attas
Huda al-Attas (هدى العطاس) is a Southern Yemeni journalist and author. She was born in 1971[1] in Dawʿan in the Hadhramaut. She is best known for her short stories, for which she has won a number of awards, including the Al-Afif prize in 1997. Her first collection of stories hājis rūḥ wa hājis jasad was published in Aden in 1995. Since then she has published two more collections.[1]
In addition to her short stories, Huda is also a regular writer of columns and articles in Yemeni newspapers, many of them focusing on women's issues.[2] She has worked in the arts faculty at the University of Aden. In 2001, she was elected to the governing body of the , alongside fellow female author Ibtisam al-Mutawakkil.[3]
Huda is a representative of the Southern Movement (Al-Hirak) in Arabic) and a leading figure in the south calling for justice and demanding government of Yemen to address southern grievances and the right for self determination.[4]
Huda's work has been translated into Italian and two of her stories appeared in a 2009 anthology of contemporary Yemeni writing entitled Perle dello Yemen.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b Biographical notes in Arablit website (in Italian)
- ^ see "Our writers: Huda al-Attas" Aden al-Ghad. adengd.net. (Arabic).
- ^ Al-Mutawakel, Antelak (2005). "Gender and the Writing of Yemeni Women Writers". (PhD dissertation). Amsterdam: Dutch University Press. page 176.
- ^ "Exclusive: Southern politico Huda al-Attas presents political view of declation of independence for the South, including appointment of Hady as President". Aden al-Ghad, 24 August 2016. adengd.net. (Arabic).
- ^ see Perle dello Yemen (Initial pages and Table of Contents)
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