Author
What is the name of the author who wrote Mornings of Jenin?
Susan Abulhawa
Where was Susan born?
Kuwait
In what field did Susan study in college?
biology and biomedical science.
What is the name of the organization that Susan founded?
Playgrounds for Palestine
Before Susan was a novelist, what was she?
a poet
What ethnic background is writer Susan Abulhawa?
A Palestinian-American writer
What two things play a huge role in Palestinian food?
Herbs and Spices
Susan worked as a what in the pharmaceutical industry.
Medical scientist
Susan Abulhawa is not only a novelist but also an advocate for what kind of cause?
humanitarian causes.
How many books by Susan, are the most popular?
3
What year was Abulhawa's first novel published in?
2006
Palestinians practice which faiths?
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
What kind of orphanage did Abulhawa grow up in due to her family's hardship?
Jordanian orphanage
What topics did Susan speak on internationally?
List 3 topics.
identity, justice, and the power of storytelling.
In what year was Susan Abulhawa's novel "My Voice Sought The Wind" published?
2013
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
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
What was Susan's personal mission after leaving science?
to give voice to her people, and to herself.
Susan Abulhawa founded "Playgrounds for Palestine", what is Playgrounds for Palestine?
a nonprofit that builds safe play spaces for children in Palestinian communities.
What was the original name of the novel "Mornings in Jenin"?
Scar of David
Susan Abulhawa is co-chair of "Palestine Writes." What is "Palestine Writes"?
The first North American Palestinian literature festival.
The dialect spoken in Palestine comes from which subgroup?
Levantine Arabic
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.
Susan's activism often focuses on what themes that also appear in her writing?
human rights, displacement, and access to basic needs
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