Hoda Ablan

{{short description|Yemeni poet|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox writer | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}} | birth_place = Ibb, Ibb Governorate, Yemen | alma_mater = University of Sanaa | genre = Poetry | period = 1989-present }} '''Hoda Ablan''' (born 1971) is a Yemeni poet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/contributor.cfm?contributor_id=108|title=Contributors - Huda (Hoda) Ablan|website=Banipal}}</ref>

== Life and career == She was born in Ibb<ref>{{Cite book |last=Obank |first=Margaret |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Crack_in_the_Wall/cTljAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22hoda%20ablan%22%20poet |title=A Crack in the Wall: New Arab Poetry |last2=Shimon |first2=Samuel |date=2001 |publisher=Saqi Books |isbn=978-0-86356-329-4 |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> and studied at the University of Sanaa, obtaining a bachelorr's degree in political science and economics in 1993.<ref>{{Cite book|year=2001|title=The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology |editor-first=Nathalie |editor-last=Handal|author-link=Nathalie Handal|page=327|publisher=Interlink Books}}</ref>

Ablan has served as the secretary-general of the Yemeni Writers Union. She is married with children.

== Works == Her first collection of poetry ''Wurud shaqiyat al-malamih'' (Roses with Mischievous Features) was published in Damascus in 1989. She has since published several other poetry collections. Her work has appeared in translation in several outlets including two issues of Banipal magazine (issues 8 and 36).

=== In anthologies ===

* {{Cite book|year=2001|title=The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology |editor-first=Nathalie |editor-last=Handal|author-link=Nathalie Handal|publisher=Interlink Books}} <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boullata |first=Issa J. |date=Spring 2001 |title=The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. (Arabic). |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA80500374&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01963570&p=AONE&sw=w&cookieConsent=true&analyticsOptout=false&userGroupName=anon%7E55087288&aty=open-web-entry |journal=World Literature Today |volume=75 |issue=2 |via=Gale}}</ref> * {{Cite book |title=Opening the Gates: An Anthology of Arab Feminist Writing |date=2004 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34441-0 |editor-last=Badran |editor-first=Margot |edition=2nd |location=Bloomington |editor-last2=Cooke |editor-first2=Miriam}}

==References==

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