Susan Abulhawa
Susan Abulhawa (Arabic:: , born June 3, 1970) is aPalestinian American writer and human rights activist. She is the author of several books, and the founder of a non-governmental organisation, Playgrounds for Palestine.She lives inPennsylvania.Her first novel,Mornings in Jenin, was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies. Her second novel,The Blue Between Sky And Water, was sold in 19 languages before its release, and was published in English in 2015.Against the Loveless World, her third novel, was released in August 2020, also to critical acclaim.
Recent articles by Susan Abulhawa
3 December 2024
The holocaust of our time
If the world were watching the livestreamed systematic annihilation of Jews in real time, there would be no debating whether that constituted terrorism or genocide.
14 March 2024
History will record that Israel committed a holocaust
Its 8 pm in Gaza, Palestine right now, the end of my fourth day in Rafah and the first moment Ive had to sit in a quiet place to reflect.
8 March 2023
Responding to the campaign to ban me from Adelaide Writers Week
Ukraine was the first purported reason that I should be disinvited or canceled. Although I know the real reason is that Zionists fear our voices, as all colonisers fear native agency.
24 February 2023
Australian politicians in lock step with pro-Israeli forces over Adelaide Festival
It's quite remarkable how quickly Australian politicians and ministers fell in lock step with pro-Israeli forces trying to sabotage the Adelaide Festival because I and Mohammad El-Kurd refuse to be silent on more than seven decades of systematic Israeli terrorism against us. The fact that some people think our words are too harsh means they either do not know the full extent of Israel's daily barbarity and apartheid, or they do and support it, writes Susan Abulhawa in an interview with Pearls and Irritations.