Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. She is co-founder of the Institute for Middle East Understanding and the author of five works of poetry. Letters from the Interior was published in 2019 by Diode Editions. Water & Salt was published by Red Hen Press and won the 2018 Washington State Book Award. Arab in Newsland was published by Two Sylvias Press and won the 2016 Two Sylvias Press Prize.