To avoid censorship and persecution as a journalist during the regime of Saddam Hussein, when, Dunya Mikhail moved to the United States from Iraq in 1996, she identified herself as a poet on her immigration papers. She shares in her interview that poetry saved her life, as it would not have been possible otherwise to…
Souhaib Enjrainy
BIO Souhaib Enjrainy is a Syrian poet, writer and journalist. He was born in Aleppo in 1980. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Arabic language and literature. He has published two poetry collections: Circular Drawings (2003) and You Do Not Have To Embrace Grass (2016). He also has published one novel, The bridge (2008). He…
Zulaikha Abu Risha
BIO Zulaikha Abu Risha is a Jordanian poet, short story and children’s literature writer, critic, researcher, columnist, and human rights and women’s rights activist. She has published a number of studies in feminist criticism, gender, and language in prestigious Jordanian and Arab newspapers and journals, in addition to hundreds of articles on different topics, including…
Samih Masoud
BIO Samih Masoud is a poet, writer, and researcher. He was born in Haifa, Palestine, in 1938 . He holds a Ph.D. degree in economics. Masoud is a Member of the Jordanian Writers Association and is the chairman of the Canadian Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMESC) in Montréal. He has published a poetry collection in Arabic titled The Other Face of Days and another collection in English titled Haifa and other Poems,…
Nisreen Khoury
BIO Nisreen Khoury was born in the city of Homs, Syria in 1983. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. She made her debut in 2015 with a poetry collection titled With a Drag of War. Her poems have been published in print and online magazines. She has participated in numerous poetry festivals and…
Muftah Al-Ammari
BIO Muftah Al-Ammari is a Libyan poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, literary critic, and scriptwriter for television. He was born in Benghazi in 1956. After completing his elementary education, he left school, and was enlisted in the Libyan army. As a soldier, he participated in the Chadian war. A member of Libyan Writers Association,…
Mohammad Ikbal Harb
BIO Mohammad Ikbal Harb is a Lebanese poet, novelist, and short story writer born in 1954. He holds a bachelor’s degree in health care management from the University of Atlanta. He has published four books: The truth, a novel (2010), The Death of a poetess, short stories (2012), The Lover of Amnesia, poetry (2013), and…
Mohmmad Alaksar
BIO Mohmmad Alaksar, a poet from Yemen, was born in 1970. He received his bachelor’s degree in education from Sanaa University in 1997. Then he pursued graduate studies in Ein Shams University in Cairo, where he received his PhD in Language Studies in 2011. He is currently an assistant professor in Linguistics in Amran…
Mohamed Alkhair Ikleel
BIO Mohamed Alkhair Ikleel is a Sudanse poet, novelist, and journalist. He has participated in many poetry events in the Sudan, Egypt, Qatar and Lebanon. He made his debut in 2009 with a poetry collection titled A Look at Africa. Forthcoming are a number of poetry collections, including When the Book Saw Me for the…
Maher Almaqousi
BIO Maher Almaqousi is a Palestinian poet from Gaza. He was born in Gaza in 1972. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, and is currently working on his doctorate degree. He is a member of Palestinian Writers Union. He has participated in a number of poetry festivals and readings in Palestine…
Jeanne d’Arc Souhaid
BIO Jeanne d’Ark Souhaid is a Lebanese poet and writer, who has worked as journalist for more than 20 years. She is the founder and president of Ibnat Alarz literary salon, the founder of the Lebanese-Arab Cultural Festival, and the chairperson of Ibnat Alarz Committee for Free Reading In Lebanon. She has received a number…
Faleeha Hassan
BIO Faleeha Hassan is an award-winning Iraqi poet, writer, editor and educator and a leading figure in the feminist movement in the holy city of Najaf. She is the first Iraqi woman to write poetry for the children of Iraq. Faleeha was born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967. She has a master’s degree in…