Hala Alyan
Biography
Hala Alyan was born in1986 in Carbondale, Illinois. Her Palestinian family lived in Kuwait after her birth but sought political asylum in the United States when Iraqi forces invaded the country.She took a doctorate in clinical psychology at Rutgers University and works part-time at New York University in the Counselling and Wellness Center. She has written two novels as well as collections of poetry.
Other links
Her homepage
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Interview
Interview
Interview
This Is Not a Rehearsal
Interview
When they say pledge allegiance, I say (a poem by Alyan)
A Letter to my Husband (about her faith)
The Same Water at Different Points: A Conversation with Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck
Bibliography
2012 Atrium (poetry)
2015 Four Cities (poetry)
2016 Hijra (poetry)
2017 Salt Houses (novel)
2019 Twenty-Ninth Year (poetry)
Salt Houses)
2021 The Arsonists’ City (novel)