Salih Saeed Ba-Amer (; 1946 – February 2025) was a Yemeni short story writer. He was born in

Hadhramaut Hadhramaut ( ; ) is a geographic region in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula which includes the Yemeni governorates of Hadhramaut, Shabwah and Mahrah, Dhofar in southwestern Oman, and Sharurah in the Najran Province of Saudi A ...

province. His story ''Dancing by the Light of the Moon'' has been translated into English and was included in a 1988 anthology of modern Arabian literature (edited by

Salma Khadra Jayyusi Salma Khadra Jayyusi (; 16 April 1925 – 20 April 2023) was a Palestinian poet, writer, translator and anthologist. She was the founder and director of the Project of Translation from Arabic (PROTA), which aims to provide translation of Arabic ...

). Ba-Amer died in February 2025.

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1946 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Yemeni writers Yemeni short story writers Male short story writers Date of birth missing 20th-century male writers 20th-century short story writers People from Hadhramaut Governorate {{Yemen-writer-stub