Ramziya al-Iryani

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Ramziya Abbas Al-Eryani (رمزية عباس الإرياني) or al-Iryani (1954 – November 14, 2013) was a pioneering Yemeni novelist, writer, diplomat and feminist. She was also the niece of the former president Abdul Rahman al-Eryani.[1]

Biography

She was born in the village of Eryan in the Ibb Governorate, went to secondary school in Taiz and then studied philosophy at Cairo University earning a bachelor's degree in 1977.[2] She also had a master's degree in Arabic literature. In 1980 she became the first female diplomat to join the Yemeni diplomatic corps.[2] She was head of the Yemeni Women's Union (YWU) and was a board member of the Arab Family Organization.[3] In her political work, she was a tireless supporter of feminism in Yemen and encouraged women to run for political office.[2] In 2012, at the International Women's Day celebration, she gave a keynote speech as the director of YWU.[4] Al-Eryani died in 2013 in Berlin during surgery; her body was returned to Sana'a and interred in al-Rahma cemetery.[2] Al-Eryani was married to Ambassador Abdulmalik Al-Eryani and had four children, Al Azd, Mai, Maisoon, and Aiman.

Writing

Al-Eryani started publishing when still in her teens. Her novel Ḍaḥīyat al-Jashaʿ (The Victim of Greed), published in 1970, is considered to be the first novel by a Yemeni woman.

children's books. She had also written a book on Yemeni women pioneers called Raidat Yemeniyat (1990). Al-Eryani's short stories have appeared in English translation in an anthology of Arab women writers.[7]

Al-Eryani's writing addresses gender issues in a predominantly patriarchal, Islamic society.[8] She also writes about the importance of education for women in an Arab society.[9] Other themes in her work include Yemeni political struggles of the day.[10]

References

  1. ^ Ayhan, Veysel (2011). "Turkish-Yemeni Relations: Yemen's view on Turkey". International Middle East Peace Research Center. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Yemen Loses a Great Female Leader". National Yemen. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ISBN 90-3619-122-X
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  4. ^ Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (8 March 2012). "Prime Minister: 'Yemen Would be Better Off With a Woman Leader.'". Yemen Times. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ^ Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999, by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi
  6. ^ Ramziya Al-Eryani (in Arabic). kataranovels.com
  7. ISBN 0791464199. (page 186 & page 227
    ).
  8. ^ al-Wadhaf, Yahya Hassan (2013)(?) "A Critical Reading to a Short Story by Ramizia Al-Eryani Journal of Social Studies. Vol. 20 (?) No. 3 (?) (2014?). pp 7-26. retrieved 12 May 2016
  9. ^ al-Wadhaf, Yahya Hassan (2013)(?) op.cit. retrieved 12 May 2016
  10. ^ "Annotated Bibliography for Yemen (2)". Women Writers from Sudan, Chad, Somalia and Yemen. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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