Yahya Taher Abdullah (Arabic: يحيى الطاهر عبدالله ; 1942–1981) was an Egyptian writer.
He had no formal literary training, but was widely regarded as one of the top young Egyptian writers of the 1960s.
In his memoirs, the translator Denys Johnson-Davies describes his acquaintanceship with Abdullah and his struggle to publish the author's short stories in English.
[3] That first collection, eventually published as part of the Heinemann Arab Authors series, was called The Mountain Of Green Tea and is still available from the AUC Press.
The Collar and the Bracelet was also adapted for the screen by the famous realist film director Khairy Bishara in 1986.