Zaina Arafat

Writer, Teacher & Editor

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Zaina Arafat Biography

Zaina Arafat is a Palestinian-American writer, teacher and editor. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Granta, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, BuzzFeed, VICE, and NPR. Her debut novel, YOU EXIST TOO MUCH, has been selected as a most anticipated book for June 2020 by O, The Oprah Magazine, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, The Millions, Literary Hub, them and Electric Literature, and was chosen by the American Booksellers Association as an Indie Next Pick. She is also at work on a collection of essays. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the Arab Women/Migrants from the Middle East fellowship at Jack Jones Literary Arts. She holds an M.A. in international affairs from Columbia University and an M.F.A. from Iowa.

Zaina has taught writing at the University of Iowa, The School of the New York Times, the International Writing Program and Sackett Street Writers, as well as abroad in Jordan, Egypt and Eritrea, where she taught creative writing as part of a U.S. State Department/International Writing Program delegation. She has also led workshops for dreamers and DACA recipients through the Writer's Guild Initiative.

As an editor, she curated a portfolio of prose and poetry in response to the travel ban, as well as a Q & A series with Muslim writers forThe Margins. She also served as the managing editor of VinePair, the largest online publication on wine news and culture.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/18/2024.

Zaina Arafat Videos

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    Lonely Hearts Club: Kristen Radtke, Zaina Arafat, and Rachel Yoder.
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    Randa Jarrar is a preformer and the author of the forthcoming memoir Love Is An Ex-Country, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of ...
  • Zaina Arafat | YOU EXIST TOO MUCH - YouTube
    On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity.

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