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{{short description|American poet, author
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{{Infobox person
| name = Suheir Hammad
| image = SuheirHammad.jpg
| caption = Suheir Hammad in 2009
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| birth_place = [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]
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'''Suheir Hammad''' ({{lang-ar|سهير حماد}}) (born October 25, 1973) is an American poet, author
==Biography==
As an adolescent growing up in Brooklyn, Hammad was heavily influenced by Brooklyn's vibrant [[hip-hop]] scene. She had also absorbed the stories from her parents and grandparents of life in their hometown of [[Lod|Lydda]], before the [[1948 Palestinian
When hip-hop entrepreneur [[Russell Simmons]] came across her piece entitled "First Writing Since",<ref name=First>{{cite web |url=http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/ac/shammad.html |title=First Writing Since |publisher=In Motion Magazine |date=2001-11-07 |accessdate=3 June 2024}}</ref> a poem describing her reaction to the [[September 11 attacks]], he signed her to a deal with [[HBO]]'s [[Def Poetry Jam]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://electronicintifada.net/content/out-ashes-drops-meaning-poetic-success-suheir-hammad/4173|title=Out of the Ashes, Drops of Meaning: The Poetic Success of Suheir Hammad|last=Hopinson|first=Natalie|date=13 October 2002|
She took part in the [[Bush Theatre]]'s 2011 project ''[[Sixty Six Books]]'', for which she wrote a piece based upon the [[Book of Haggai]] in the [[King James Bible]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/sixty-six-books/|title = Sixty-Six Books}}</ref>
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* ''[[Salt of this Sea]]'' (2008) – Soraya
* ''When I Stretch Forth Mine Hand'' (2009) – Verses by
* ''[https://www.learner.org/series/invitation-to-world-literature/things-fall-apart/ Things Fall Apart]'' (2010) - Guest Speaker
* ''Into Egypt'' (2011) – Writer and Performer
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* [[Tony Award]] – Special Theatrical Event – original cast member and writer for Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2003)
* Suheir is also a talent associate for the Peabody Award-winning HBO show Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (2003)
* The 2009 American Book Awards<ref>{{cite web |
==Works==
* ''Born Palestinian, Born Black''. Harlem River Press, 1996, {{ISBN|0-86316-244-4}}.
* ''Drops of This Story'' Harlem River Press, 1996.
* ''Zaatar Diva'' Cypher Books, 2006, {{ISBN|1-892494-67-1}}
* ''Breaking Poems'' Cypher Books, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-9819131-2-4}}
==Periodicals==
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== Additional resources ==
* Hanna, S. M. "Suheir Hammad's Negotiated Historiography of Arab America." ''Philology'' 61.1(2014):
* Harb, Sirène. "Naming Oppressions, Representing Empowerment: June Jordan's and Suheir Hammad's Poetic Projects." ''Feminist Formations'' 26.3 (2014):
* Hartman, Michelle. "‘A Debke Beat Funky as P.E.’s Riff’: Hip Hop Poetry and Politics in Suheir
* Harb, Sirène. "Transformative Practices and Historical Revision: Suheir Hammad’s Born Palestinian, Born Black". ''Studies in the Humanities'' 35.1 (June 2008):
* Hopkinson, Natalie. "Out of the Ashes, Drops of Meaning: The Poetic Success of Suheir Hammad". ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 13 October 2002
* Oumlil, Kenza. "'Talking Back': The Poetry of Suheir Hammad". ''Feminist Media Studies'' 13.5 (2013):
==External links==
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