Lisa Suhair Majaj

Lisa Suhair Majaj
Born	1960 (age 55–56) Hawarden, Iowa, United States
Nationality	Palestinian-American
Education	American University of Beirut, University of Michigan
Occupation	Poet, scholar

Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) is a Palestinian-American poet and scholar. Born in Hawarden, Iowa, Majaj was raised in Jordan. She earned a B.A. in English literature from American University of Beirut and an M.A. in English Literature, an M.A. in American Culture and a PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan. Her poetry and essays have been widely published. In 2008, she was awarded the Del Sol Press Annual Poetry Prize for her poetry manuscript Geographies of Light.^[1]

References

1. "The Annual Del-Sol Poetry Prize". Del Sol Press. Retrieved 2009-04-09.

External links

• Lisa Suhair Majaj, Institute for Middle East Understanding