Shafiqa Zawqari

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Shafiqa Ahmad al-Zawqari (زوقري، شفيقة أحمد; born {{date|1942|MDY}}) is a Yemeni short story writer.

Shafiqa Zawqari was born on {{date|1942|MDY}} in Aden, Yemen. As of 2008, she was a school principal living in the United Arab Emirates.{{Cite book |last=Achour |first=Radwa |title=Arab women writers: a critical reference guide, 1873-1999 |last2=Ghazoul |first2=Ferial Jabouri |last3=Reda-Mekdashi |first3=Hasna |date=2008 |publisher=American university in Cairo press |isbn=978-977-416-146-9 |location=Cairo}}

She was a number of women writers in 1970s Yemen creating direct, realistic stories involving contemporary issues, politics, and social criticism. Her prize-winning short story "

ارملة الشهيد" (Armalat shahid/A Martyr's Widow) was published in the first issue of the periodical المجلة (Almajalah) in 1968. She has published two collections of short stories.{{Cite journal |last=Altwaiji |first=Mubarak |date=September 2019 |title=Socio-Political Realities in Yemeni Novel |url=https://www.literaryvoice.in/LV%20Sep%202019.pdf |journal=Literary Voice |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=90–96}}