|

عربي

Suheir Hammad

Suheir Hammad

(October 1973 - Present)

🇵🇸 Palestine

Suheir Hammad (Arabic: سهير حماد) (born October 25, 1973) is an American poet, author, and political activist. Biography She was born in Amman, Jordan. Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. Her parents later moved to Staten Island. As an adolescent growing up in Brooklyn, Hammad was heavily influenced by Brooklyn's vibrant hip-hop scene. She had also absorbed the stories from her parents and gran...

Biography was retrieved from Wikipedia and was last updated on June 2024.

2 Books

I Would Have Smiled
kotobli logo

context, diversity, and your next great read