Suzanne Alaywan


Suzanne Alaywan is a poet and painter. She has admitted to Joan Miró as being inspiration to her work, in addition to Japanese art. She writes predominantly in Arabic.

Personal life

Born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and Iraqi mother. Due to the Lebanese civil war, Alaywan spent her adolescent years between Andalus, Paris, and Cairo. She attended the American School of Paris, graduating in 1992. In 1997 she graduated from the faculty of Journalism and Media in the American University of Cairo.

Publications

Since 1994, Alaywan has published nine collections of poetry, several of which have been translated.
Her works have been included in poetry collections and other collected volumes.