Sarah Aziza

is a Palestinian American writer, translator, and artist with roots
in ‘Ibdis and Deir al-Balah, Gaza. She is the author of The Hollow Half,
winner of the Palestine Book Award and currently shortlisted for the
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, among others. The Hollow Half was named a
Best New Book and a Best Book of the Year by numerous outlets, including
New York Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Electric Literature,
Bookpage, and others. Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, The
Paris Review, Best American Essays, The Baffler, Harper’s, and The Nation,
among others. The recipient of fellowships and support from Fulbright,
MacDowell, United States Artists, the Asian American Writers Workshop,
and Tin House, Sarah now resides on occupied Munsee Lenape and
Canarsie land.