Bushra al-Maqtari (Arabic: بشرى المقطري; born 1979) is a Yemeni writer and activist.
[3] In response to her work, Yemeni clerics issued a fatwa against her and called for her to be excommunicated in January 2012.
[3][4] The following year, she was chosen as a participant in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Nadwa,[1][5][12] and was given the Françoise Giroud Award for Defense of Freedom and Liberties.
[6][13] Her next book was 2015's South Yemen Under the Left, co-written with Fawwaz Traboulsi, which details the history of the Yemeni Socialist Party.
"[3][6] The nonfiction work, which tells the stories of 43 different families, is based on her reporting across the country during the Yemeni Civil War.
[6][13][19] As an academic, Maqtari worked at Taiz University[11] and founded a historical research center in the city.