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đź“šMuslim Women Poets Through Time đź“š
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items Posting a variety of works from Muslim Poets to showcase their talents and contributions to modern and historical poetry.
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This debut collection won the Walt Whitman Award. Her poetry explores language, immigration, and Yemeni-American identity, disrupting Orientalist depictions and foregrounding Muslim womanhood in a post-9/11 U.S.
The Wild Fox of Yemen: Poems by Threa Almontaser, Paperback
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Using form-defying structure and language, she writes about immigration, border violence, and Muslim-American identity. Her work invents new grammar for the oppressed voice.
Ante body by Marwa Helal, Paperback
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Banu is known for her feminist poetry in regional Indian languages. She addresses caste, patriarchy, and Muslim women's experiences in South India with raw political intensity.
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (International Booker Prize Winner)
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Safia Elhillo's work explores Black Muslim girlhood, Sudanese identity, and the complexities of belonging.
The January Children - Safia Elhillo
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From the author of The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, professor Kahn uses humor to explore Muslim American identity, gender, migration, and diaspora in this collection of poems. She challenges the narrative and reclaims Muslim womanhood.
E-mails from Scheherazad by Mohja Kahf, Hardcover
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Founder of PROTA (Project of Translation from Arabic) Salma Khadra brings Arabic literary voices into English
Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology / Edition 1 by Salma Khadra Jayyusi
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Shire discusses themes of war, migration, motherhood, and trauma in her poetry
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire, Paperback
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Themes of race, faith, womanhood, and modesty and explores being Black and Muslim in America with lyrical intimacy.
To Keep from Undressing: Sharif, Aisha
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A poet known for In the Presence of Grief (2021), plus numerous spoken word pieces.
Contribution: Afra is the first Emirati female spoken word poet. Her multilingual poetry (Arabic, English, French) centers identity, grief, culture, and belonging. Sh...
Of Palm Trees and Skies by Afra Atiq, Paperback
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A fierce critic of racism and Islamophobia, Suhaiymah's poetry reclaims the narrative around Muslim women, challenging media stereotypes and colonial legacies.
Postcolonial Banter: Manzoor-Khan, Suhaiymah
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Her poetry, shaped by themes of displacement, war, and memory, gives voice to the diasporic Arab Muslim woman. Also a clinical psychologist, she bridges personal and collective trauma.
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan, Paperback
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Alise Alousi is an Iraqi-American poet whose work delves into themes of displacement, identity, and the immigrant experience. Through her poetry, she bridges cultural divides and offers insights into the complexities of being a Muslim woman in the di...
Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry
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Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet whose work often explores themes of identity, faith, and the intersection of personal and collective histories. Through her poetry, she provides a nuanced perspective on the experiences of Muslim women in the Arab...
O by Zeina Hashem Beck, Paperback
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Her poems blend modernest themes of existentialism, feminism, and alienation with classical Arabic structure.
Revolt Against the Sun by Nazik al-Mala?ika, Paperback