Malu Halasa

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Malu Halasa is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor based in London. A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, her books include: Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014); Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations (2009); The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design (2008); Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran (2007); Transit Beirut: New Writing and Images (2004); Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance (2002); and Mother of All Pigs, her first novel.

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April 19, 2021 Malu Halasa
Street mural for Grenfell Tower, with poem by Ben Okri, North Kensington, London, image courtesy of IranWire and #PaintTheChange. London-based writer Malu Halasa canvasses the Middle Eastern and…
Mother of All Pigs by Malu Halasa

Malu Halasa
Los Angeles. Unnamed Press. 2017. 266 pages. Malu Halasa’s debut novel, Mother of All Pigs, is entertaining, disturbing, and educational. The author of six nonfiction books covering Syria, Ir…