Hedy Habra

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Hedy Habra (HedyHabra.com) is the author of two poetry collections, Tea in Heliopolis (2013), winner of the USA Best Book Award and finalist for the International Poetry Book Award, and Under Brushstrokes (2015), inspired by visual art. Recipient of the Nazim Hikmet Poetry Award, she is also the author of a story collection, Flying Carpets (2013), winner of the Arab American National Book Award’s Honorable Mention.

  • The cover to The Taste of the Earth by Hedy Habra

    The Taste of the Earth by Hedy Habra

    Hedy Habra
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Press 53. 2019. 89 pages.  Hedy Habra’s The Taste of the Earth invites us into complex worlds of different cultural pasts and presents, where existential…
  • The cover to Under Brushstrokes by Hedy Habra

    Under Brushstrokes by Hedy Habra

    Hedy Habra
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Press 53. 2015. 91 pages.It is easy to like Hedy Habra’s poetry. She has proven herself a versatile poet and has a distinguished body of poetry to her credit. After Habr…
  • Jeremy Miranda, Salt Marsh, 2014, acrylic on panel. Courtesy of the artist.

    Two Poems

    November 2015
    Hedy Habra
    Jeremy Miranda, Salt Marsh, 2014, acrylic on panel. Courtesy of the artist.How Much of Yourself Remains Within the Walls of a Home?after Jeremy Miranda’s Salt Marsh (2014)…

  • Flying Carpets: Short Stories by Hedy Habra

    Hedy Habra
    Northampton, Massachusetts. Interlink. 2013. ISBN 9781566569576Hedy Habra’s collection of short stories is divided into four sections. The first two consist of nine delicately observed tales set in Eg…