Muhammad al-Gharbi Amran
Muhammad al-Gharbi Amran (born 1958) is a Yemeni short story writer, novelist and politician. He is known for his short stories and for his controversial novel Mushaf Ahmar. He is also a former deputy mayor of Sanaa.[1]
He was born in Dhamar and studied history at university, obtaining a master's degree in the subject. He has written five collections of short stories, starting with Al-sharashif (1997).[2] His stories have been translated into English and Italian, and have featured in foreign-language anthologies such as Oranges in the Sun (2007) and Perle dello Yemen (2009).
al-Gharbi Amran served as the deputy mayor of Sanaa for several years in the latter half of the 2010s. His first novel Mushaf Ahmar (Red Book) was published from Beirut in January 2010. The novel deals with vexing social problems like extremism and the oppression of women in Yemeni society. Two months after the publication of the book, Amran was relieved of his duties as deputy mayor. Amran claimed that this was due to the controversial content of his novel, although this was denied by the authorities. Later in 2010, a group of intellectuals boycotted the 27th Sanaa Book Fair, accusing the organizers of banning several books including Mushaf Ahmar. This too was denied by Yemen's Book Authority.[3]
al-Gharbi Amran heads a Yemeni literary club called el-Maqah.
Books
- Al-sharashif (1997), short stories
- Al-zill al-ari (1998), short stories
- Harim azzakum Allah (2001), short stories
- Khitan Bilqis (2002), short stories
- Madhana sawda (2004), short stories
- Mushaf Ahmar (2010), novel
References
External links
- Website of el-Maqah
- Essay by al-Gharbi titled "Yemen – Part of a Beautiful World"
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- Abdulnasser Mugali
- Abd al-Rahman Fakhri
- Ahmad Amran
- Ahmad Mahfuz Umar
- Ahmad Zein
- Ali al-Muqri
- Ali Mohammed Zayd
- Al-Qarshi Abd ur-Raheem Salaam
- Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum
- Habib Abdulrab Sarori
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- Junaid Muhammad Junaid
- Kamal Haydar
- Lutf al-Sarary
- Maha Naji Salah
- Mahasin al-Hawati
- Mayfa' Abdel Rahman
- Muhammad Abdallah Muthanna
- Mohammad Abdul-Wali
- Mohammad al-Qaood
- Muhammad Ali Luqman
- Muhammad al-Gharbi Amran
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- Muhammad al-Shurafi
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- Muhammad Salih Haydara
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- Nadia Al-Kokabany
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- Saeed Aulaqi
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