Palestinian Authors Panel

Join Palestinian authors Hasib Hourani, Sara M. Saleh and Jumaana Abdu as they discuss their life and work with moderator Valerie Chidiac (Honi Soit).

About Hasib Hourani

Hasib Hourani lives and works on unceded Wangal Country. His debut book, ‘rock flight’, was released in 2024.

About Sara M. Saleh

Sara M Saleh is a writer, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of Palestinian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants based on Bidjigal land. Her writing has been published widely and showcased at festivals, exhibitions, and events around the world. Sara made history as the first to win both the 2021 Peter Porter and the 2020 Judith Wright Poetry Prizes. Her debut novel Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm Press, 2023) was shortlisted for the 2024 NSW Premier’s Awards, and her poetry collection The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat (UQP, 2023) won the 2023 Anne Elder Award, and was also shortlisted for multiple national and international prizes. Sara has tirelessly organised within her communities to help empower and uplift hundreds of storytellers over the last decade.

About Jumaana Abdu

Jumaana Abdu is the author of Translations (Vintage). She is a Dal Stivens Award winner and a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter alumnus. Her work features in Thyme Travellers (Roseway Publishing), an international anthology of Palestinian speculative fiction. She has been published elsewhere in Kill Your Darlings, Westerly, Griffith Review, Meanjin, Liminal Magazine, Overland, Debris, and New Australian Fiction 2024. During the day, she is a junior medical doctor.