Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammad
Suheir Hammadis an American poet, author, performer, and political activist. She was born in Amman, Jordan. Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. Her parents later moved to Staten Island...
NationalityPalestinian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 October 1973
CountryPalestine, State of
Suheir Hammad quotes about
heartbeat persist
I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death.
do-not-fear ifs
Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.
rome imagination machines
The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this.