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Susan Muaddi Darraj won the 2016 American Book Award for her novel-in-stories, A Curious Land: Stories from Home.

Her new novel, Behind You Is the Sea (Harper Collins, 2024) is set in Baltimore and follows the stories of a Palestinian American immigrant community.

Her previous short story collection, The Inheritance of Exile, was honored by the U.S. State Department’s Arabic Book Program.

She was named a 2016 USA Ford Fellow, and she has received awards for her writing from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.

Her new children's chapter book series, FARAH ROCKS, was published from Capstone Books in January 2020. It is the first children's book series to feature an Arab American protagonist.

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Creating your own writer’s retreat

Lately, every time I open my Facebook feed or my Instagram timeline, it feels like I’m bombarded with pictures of and short video reels by writer friends who are doing that most writerly of activities: attending a retreat. Maybe they got accepted to Yaddo, the Highlights Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Hedgebrook, or some other beautiful, scenic, calm and quiet retreat space

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	Behind You Is the Sea 4.07 avg rating — 7,503 ratings — published 2024 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women In Politics- Queen Noor 3.70 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farah Rocks Fifth Grade (Farah Rocks, #1) by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author), Ruaida Mannaa (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inheritance of Exile, The: Stories from South Philly 4.20 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Curious Land: Stories from Home 4.31 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farah Rocks Summer Break (Farah Rocks, #2) by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author), Ruaida Mannaa (Illustrations) 4.57 avg rating — 63 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farah Rocks New Beginnings by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author), Ruaida Mannaa (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farah Rocks Florida (Farah Rocks, 4) by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author), Ruaida Mannaa (Illustrator) 4.46 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roberto Clemente by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Goodreads Author), Rob Maaddi 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Yes.” He stared at her somberly. “In this house, we smile. So you have to smile at least once a day.” He burst into rumbling laughter at her surprised look. “Seeing you in our house is like waking up to a dream. Stay as long as you like, angel.” She thought about his words now, as she sipped Sits’s coffee. How they’d struck her as weirdly sentimental. So awkward and earnest. Her grandparents spoke in casual poetry, dropping phrases like “you’re blooming today” and “you bury me because I love you so much.” They always, always, always called her habibti and ya ayooni. My love. My eyes. The fact was that she wasn’t used to this, this awkwardly normal way of discussing intense emotions.”
― Susan Muaddi Darraj, Behind You Is the Sea

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“Her grandparents spoke in casual poetry, dropping phrases like “you’re blooming today” and “you bury me because I love you so much.”
― Susan Muaddi Darraj, Behind You Is the Sea

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“Food is love. You have to pass your love into the food,” Sits said solemnly, like she was reading from her Bible. “We lived during three wars. Lentils kept us from starving. Your Seedo and I—we love eating them. It reminds us of those days.” “Why would you want to remember? If they were such bad days.” “They were terrible,” Sits said, nodding. “But it’s good to remember. So you can look at your life now and say alhamdulilah.”
― Susan Muaddi Darraj, Behind You Is the Sea

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