Suheir hammad biography in urdu

Written by Jerusalemites. Suheir Hammad is a Palestinian- American poet, author and political activist. Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. She grew up absorbing the stories of her family and the life they had in the hometown of Lydda before the Palestinian exodus.

Her first introduction to poetry was through the Koran, which her mother described as the most perfect poetry in the world. Poetry has always played a significant role in her life; she recollects writing poems as soon as she could read. Her literary influences are broad and expansive including June Jordan, Alice Walker and some of the many Palestinians who risked their lives daring to be Palestinian.

Hammad is known to tackle issues like sexism, violence and the challenges facing women in her writing.

Suheir hammad biography in urdu: Suheir Hammad was born

From her experience in life she learned to use language as a tool to provide a voice to the Palestinians people but also to all those who are displaced and without a voice. She is now working on her third publication which will be a book of prose. Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power. Further reading :.