Lisa Suhair Majaj is a Palestinian-American poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and scholar. Born in Hawarden, Iowa

Hawarden, Iowa

Hawarden is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,478 at the 2000 census. It is located on the Big Sioux River.-Geography:Hawarden is located at , along the Big Sioux River....

, Majaj was raised in Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

. She earned a B.A. in English literature from American University of Beirut and a M.A., A.B.D. in English literature and American culture from the University of Michigan. Her poetry and essays have been widely published. In 2007, she was awarded the Del Sol Press

Del Sol Press

Del Sol Press was founded in 2002 by Michael Neff of Web del Sol. The first book published by the press was Michael Brodsky's novel, Detour. Since that time the press has gone on to publish work by Nin Andrews, David Blair, Joan Houlihan, Ander Monson, Don Thompson, Walter Cummins, and Thomas...

 Annual Poetry Prize for her poetry manuscript Geographies of Light.

External links

• Lisa Suhair Majaj, Institute for Middle East Understanding
  Institute for Middle East Understanding
  Institute for Middle East Understanding is a 501 non-profit organisation, not aligned to any political or government organisation. It was founded by Americans and describes its mission as entailing working "with journalists to increase the public's understanding about the socio-economic, political...