Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Dania Ayah Alkhouli

Dania Ayah Alkhouli​ is a Syrian writer, editor, poet, and community organizer from sunny SoCal. She is the author of three poetry collections, the latest being ​Contortionist Tongue​from Moon Tide Press released early 2020. Her work centers on feminism, sexuality, culture, identity, religion, death & grief, domestic violence & sexual assault, and her homeland, Syria. In 2012, Alkhouli and her mother cofounded the nonprofit traveling exhibition and series of events, A Country Called Syria.