Author
Geography/Culture
Growing up/Education
Activism
Books
100

What is the name of the author who wrote Mornings of Jenin?

Susan Abulhawa

100

Where was Susan born?

Kuwait

100

In what field did Susan study in college?

biology and biomedical science.

100

What is the name of the organization that Susan founded? 

Playgrounds for Palestine

100

Before Susan was a novelist, what was she?

a poet

200

What ethnic background is writer Susan Abulhawa?

A Palestinian-American writer

200

What two things play a huge role in Palestinian food?

Herbs and Spices

200

Susan worked as a what in the pharmaceutical industry.

Medical scientist

200

Susan Abulhawa is not only a novelist but also an advocate for what kind of cause?

humanitarian causes.

200

How many books by Susan, are the most popular?

3

300

What year was Abulhawa's first novel published in? 

2006

300

Palestinians practice which faiths? 

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

300

What kind of orphanage did Abulhawa grow up in due to her family's hardship?

Jordanian orphanage 

300

What topics did Susan speak on internationally? 

List 3 topics.

identity, justice, and the power of storytelling.

300

In what year was Susan Abulhawa's novel "My Voice Sought The Wind" published?

2013

400

List 5 things Susan Abulhawa describes herself as?

1. novelist  2. poet 

3. essayist  4. scientist

5. mother  6. activist 

7. A contributor to several anthologies

8. A political commentator

9. A frequent speaker.

10. dog lover  11. recent cat lover 12. book commentator

400

Abulhawa's parents lived in At-Tur and the Mount of Olives. Where is the Mount of Olives frequently mentioned in?


Hint* We mentioned 2 things

1. In the Bible

2. religious literature 

400

What was Susan's personal mission after leaving science?

to give voice to her people, and to herself.

400

Susan Abulhawa founded "Playgrounds for Palestine", what is Playgrounds for Palestine?

a nonprofit that builds safe play spaces for children in Palestinian communities.

400

What was the original name of the novel "Mornings in Jenin"?

Scar of David

500

Susan Abulhawa is co-chair of "Palestine Writes." What is "Palestine Writes"?

The first North American Palestinian literature festival.

500

The dialect spoken in Palestine comes from which subgroup?

Levantine Arabic

500

What kind of struggles did Abulhawa face when she immigrated to the U.S.?

List 3 things

life in foster care, learning English, and trying to hold onto a culture she was often cut off from.

500

Susan's activism often focuses on what themes that also appear in her writing?

human rights, displacement, and access to basic needs

500

In the novel Abulhawa's novel, "The Blue Between the Sky and Water", follows the Baraka family. Their family was forced out of their homeland. On which territory's shoreline does the Baraka family have to live in at the refugee camp? 

Gaza's shoreline

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