susan abulhawa

susan abulhawa is a Palestinian-American poet, writer, and activist, born to refugees of the Six-Day War of 1967. Her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, translated into 30 languages, has sold over a million copies worldwide and is considered a classic in Palestinian literature. Her other works include The Blue Between Sky and Water and Against the Loveless World, which won the Palestine Book Award and the Arab American Book Award for Fiction. A human rights activist and animal rights advocate, she recently edited the short story collection of writers from Gaza, Every Moment is a Life, and is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, a children’s organization dedicated to uplifting Palestinian children.