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Suheir Hammad

Palestinian-American Poet & Playwright

Palestinian-American Poet & Playwright

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New York, NY, USA
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Suheir Hammad Biography

Suheir Hammad is a poet, author and political activist. She was born in Amman, Jordan. Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. Her parents later moved to Staten Island.

Growing up in Brooklyn, Hammad was heavily influenced by Brooklyn's vibrant hip-hop scene. She had also absorbed the stories her parents and grandparents had told her of life in their hometown of Lydda, before the 1948 Palestinian exodus, and of the suffering they endured afterward, first in the Gaza Strip and then in Jordan. From these disparate influences Hammad was able to weave into her work a common narrative of dispossession, not only in her capacity as an immigrant, a Palestinian and a Muslim, but as a woman struggling against society's inherent sexism and as a poet in her own right.

When hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons came across her piece entitled "First Writing Since," a poem describing her reaction to the September 11 attacks, he signed her to a deal with HBO's Def Poetry Jam. She recited original works on tour for the following two years. In 2008, she was cast in her first fiction role in cinema, the Palestinian film "Salt of this Sea" by Annemarie Jacir, which premiered at as an official selection of the Cannes International Film Festival.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/17/2024.

Suheir Hammad Videos

  • Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power
    http://www.ted.com Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and...
  • Suheir Hammad's Gaza Suite | 4: Jabalya
    The fourth poem in Suheir Hammad's Gaza series. Performed at PalFest 2009.

Suheir Hammad Books

  • Born Palestinian, Born Black: & The Gaza Suite
    Born Palestinian, Born Black: & The Gaza Suite
  • Breaking Poems
    Breaking Poems
  • ZaatarDiva
    ZaatarDiva
  • Drops of This Story
    Drops of This Story

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Suheir Hammad is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Suheir Hammad for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Suheir Hammad generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Linda Sarsour, Amal Kassir, Aaron David Miller, Robin Ess and Hoda Khamosh. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Suheir Hammad for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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