Podcast - Women of Power: Host Ritu Chopra speaks to Faleeha Hassan
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Podcast - Women of Power: Host Ritu Chopra speaks to Faleeha Hassan
Faleeha Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, playwright born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in the United States. Faleeha is the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master's degree in Arabic literature, and has now published 26 books. Her poems have been translated into English, Turkmen, Bosnian, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia ,Albanian , Pakistani , Romanian , Malayalam ,Chinese ,ODIA and Nepali languages. Ms. Hassan has received many awards in Iraq and throughout the Middle East for her poetry and short stories. Faleeha Hassan has also had her poems and short stories published in a variety of American magazines.
Author of "War and Me: A Memoir"
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