Muhammad Umar Bahah

{{short description|Yemeni writer and journalist}}

Muhammad Umar Bahah is a Yemeni writer and journalist.[http://www.arablit.it/yemen_autori/umar_baha.html Profile in Arablit website (translated from Italian)] Originally from South Yemen, he wrote for several newspapers and was press secretary of Ali Nasir Muhammad, two-time president of South Yemen. Bahah's work has been translated into English and Italian and was included in the anthologies Oranges in the Sun (2006) and Perle dello Yemen (2009).[https://www.rienner.com/title/Oranges_in_the_Sun_Short_Stories_from_the_Arabian_Gulf Oranges in the Sun, Lynne Rienner Publishers]