2010 Presenters
Susan Abulhawa
Born to refugees of the Six-Day War, Susan Abulhawa lived in Kuwait, Jordan and East Jerusalem before moving to the United States as a teenager. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an NGO that builds playgrounds in the Palestinian territories and refugee camps.
Abulhawa has contributed essays to the New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Mornings in Jenin is her “ richly detailed, beautiful, and resonant novel… an affecting and important story that succeeds as both literature and social commentary” (Publisher’s Weekly, starred review).
LINKS
Official web site for Mornings in Jenin
Fox News Video: Abulhawa founds Playgrounds for Palestine
Audio: Interview with Abulhawa regarding Mornings in Jenin
The Independent UK reviews Mornings in Jenin
