Dr Samah Sabawi a Palestinian Australian playwright, author and poet. She received Green Room Award for Best Writing for her critically acclaimed play THEM and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premiere Literary Awards and the Nick Enright Prize. Sabawi’s Tales of a City by the Sea was staged over 100 times around the world winning two Drama Victoria Awards for Best Production and Best Publication. Sabawi co-edited Double Exposure winner of the Patrick O’Neill Award and co-authored I remember my name, winner of the Palestine Book Award. Sabawi’s debut novel Cactus Pear for My Beloved will be published September 2024.
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