Haneen Al-Sayegh

Haneen Al-Sayegh is an award-winning Lebanese poet and novelist born in 1986 in Mount Lebanon. She studied English Literature at the American University of Beirut and works as a lecturer and translator. She has published three poetry books and was awarded the prestigious Naji Naaman Literary Award. Her debut novel was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. She lives in Beirut and Berlin.