susan abulhawa

A novelist, poet, essayist, scientist, mother, and activist.

Her debut novel Mornings in Jenin (Bloomsbury, 2010), translated into 30 languages, was an international bestseller and is considered a classic in Palestinian literature. Its reach and sales have made abulhawa the most widely read Palestinian author. Her second novel, The Blue Between Sky and Water (Bloomsbury, 2015), was an international bestseller.

Against the Loveless World was published in August 2020 by Simon & Schuster and received much acclaim. She is also the author of a poetry collection, My Voice Sought The Wind (Just World Books, 2013), a contributor to several anthologies, a political commentator, and a frequent speaker.

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testimonials

”This powerful novel presents a searing, darkly funny, and wholly unique portrait of a Palestinian woman who refuses to be a victim.
Publishers Weekly

”[readers] are charmed by Abulhawa’s glittering language.
Washington Independent Review of Books

”…not only a story about displacement. It takes in love, hatred, sex, rape, survival, death, loss and belonging. It is full of celebratory dances, partying on the beach, mourning, fear, mysteries, dirty jokes and national heroism.
The Guardian

”[this novel] invites us to embrace a different vision, one in which Palestinians—even Palestinian radicals—are cut from the same cloth as the rest of us.
The New Yorker

”This book should be a mandatory read for High Schoolers just as books about the Holocaust are… This book will break your heart as well.
readergirlAmazon

”What a beautiful heart wrenching and relevant novel. My first 5 star read of the year.
reader

”Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can illuminate hidden worlds for us
Alice WalkerPulitzer Prize–winning author of Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

”Against the Loveless World is a masterpiece! As she does with every book, Susan Abulhawa paints stunningly beautiful and humanizing images of Palestinian women as they navigate the violence of settler‑colonial oppression with dignity and agency…This is a major literary contribution that further cements Abulhawa’s status as one of the most important writers of our generation
Marc Lamont Hillaward‑winning author of Nobody

”A thrilling, defiant novel. Abulhawa’s latest novel reads as a riot act against oppression, misogyny, and shame.
Fatima Bhuttoauthor of The Runaways

”A powerful and expansive story of love, resistance, and the search for freedom. Abulhawa’s characters are raw, unapologetic, and unforgettable.
Saleem HaddadAuthor of Guapa

”The detailed explorations of a woman’s pain and desperate measures make this lush story stand out.
Publishers Weekly

”Abulhawa mixes magical realism, family melodrama, and politics in her storytelling about several generations of Palestinian women trying to survive in Gaza before and during the Israeli occupation
Kirkus Review

”The story Susan Abulhawa tells in this marvelous novel is hard to bear but impossible to ignore. Her vision is precise, courageous, and dazzling
Teju ColeAuthor of Open City

susan abulhawa

A novelist, poet, essayist, scientist, mother, and activist.

books.

novels

poetry

childrens

anthologies

Against the Loveless World

Mornings in Jenin

My Voice Sought The Wind

Palestine on the moon

Seeking Palestine

The Blue Between Sky and Water

This Is Not A Border

Will the Flower Slip Through the Asphalt

testimonials

susan abulhawa