In 1991, Hassan became the first woman in her home city of Najaf, in Iraq, to publish a book of poetry, titled Because I Am a Girl.
Hassan went on to publish 15 more books of poetry, several plays, two novels and dozens of short stories.
In 2011, her name landed on a militant group's death list. She fled to Turkey with her two youngest children. In August 2012, they moved to New Jersey. There, Hassan taught herself English online, and she has been writing prolifically in her adopted language ever since.
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Please note this reading has been bumped up to 5pm.
ReplyDeletePoets will not have to choose between readings! See Faleeha Hassan here at 5pm and then head over to Stockton U to listen to Yusef Komunyakaa read at 6:30.
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