Mohja Kahf

Mohja Kahf
مهجة قحف
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Damascus, Syria
Known forPoetry
MovementSyrian Nonviolence Movement
AwardsPushcart Prize, 2010
HonoursArkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship for Poetry, 2002

Mohja Kahf (Arabic: مهجة قحف, born 1967) is a Syrian-American poet, novelist, and professor. She authored Hagar Poems, which won honorable mention in the 2017 Book Awards of the Arab American National Museum. She is the recipient of the 2010 Pushcart Prize for her creative nonfiction essay, "The Caul of Inshallah", and the Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 2002 for poetry. Her poetry has been featured in the installments of American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer.[1][2][3]

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