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Suheir Hammad
Sign in to saveAmerican poet, author, performer, and political activist
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Within Vinony's link graph, Suheir Hammad is referenced by 39 other articles, and connects out to New York City, Jordan and Arabic.
It sits within the topics 1973 births, 21st-century American poets and 21st-century American women poets.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Breaking Poems
- Born Palestinian Born Black the Gaza Suite
- Born Palestinian, born Black
- Drops of this story
- ZaatarDiva
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Film & TV
Amman, Jordan
Known for
- Salt of This Sea — Soraya2008
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 665
- Total plays
- 4,369
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Suheir Hammad was born in Amman, Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents on October 25, 1973. Suheir’s family immigrated to Brooklyn NY when Suheir was five years old, and she was raised there until the age of sixteen. Her parents moved to Staten Island while Suheir was in high school. Suheir has been able to travel throughout the world via her poetry. She has read her poems in Ivy League Universities and on Brooklyn’s street corners. Her work has appeared in award winning anthologies <a href="h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Palestine
- Place of birth
- Amman
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- American Book Awards
- Official website
- www.suheirhammad.com
- Image
- SuheirHammad.jpg
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- Commons category
- Suheir Hammad
- date of birth
- 1973-10-25
- name in native language
- سهير حماد
- writing language
- English language
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