Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum

{{short description|Yemeni novelist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum

| birth_date = 1945

| birth_place = Nihm District, Sana'a

| nationality = Yemeni

| other_names = Azizah Abd Allah

| occupation = Novelist

| years_active = 1997-present

}}

Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum (born 1945) is a Yemeni novelist and writer.[https://books.google.com/books?id=MB6gphBXU0kC Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999, by Radwa Ashour, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul, Hasna Reda-Mekdashi] She was born in Nihm District into a prominent sheikh family, and although she did not have formal schooling, she was brought up in a culturally aware environment. She married a diplomat which allowed her to live abroad and experience foreign cultures, before returning to live in Sana'a.

Along with Ramziyya al-Iryani, Azizah is considered one of the pioneering women of contemporary Yemeni literature.{{Cite web |url=http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=90383 |title=Gender and the Writing of Yemeni Women Writers by Antelak Al-Mutawakel, PhD dissertation, University of Tilburg, 2005 |access-date=2011-02-27 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320200828/http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=90383 |url-status=dead }} Her first novel Ahlam wa Nabilah was published from Cairo in 1997 and she has published several more novels since. More broadly, she has played a major role in the women's rights movement in Yemen. She helped to establish the Yemeni Women's Association in the 1970s and also participated in the US-based Arab Women's Council.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}

Because of the prominence of the Abu Lahum name, Azizah prefers to publish under the name of Azizah Abd Allah.{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}