Eman Al Yousuf

Eman Al Yousuf (born 1987) is an Emirati writer. A trained chemical engineer, she has published three short story collections and three novels. Her 2015 novel Guard of the Sun won the Emirates Novel Award. She is also a regular columnist in Emirati print media. She is active in Emirati feminist circles, and wrote the feminist short film Ghafa, directed by Aisha Alzaabi. She is the first Emirati woman to attend the prestigious writing programme at the University of Iowa.