| Lisa Suhair Majaj | |
| Birth Place: | Hawarden, Iowa, United States |
| Nationality: | Palestinian-American |
| Education: | American University of Beirut, University of Michigan |
| Occupation: | Poet, scholar |
Lisa Suhair Majaj (born 1960) is a Palestinian-American poet and scholar.[1] Born in Hawarden, Iowa, Majaj was raised in Jordan. She earned a B.A. in English literature from American University of Beirut and an M.A. in English Literature, an M.A. in American Culture and a PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan. In 2001, she moved to Nicosia, Cyprus.[2] Her poetry and essays have been published. In 2008, she was awarded the Del Sol Press Annual Poetry Prize for her poetry manuscript Geographies of Light.[3] [4] "In difficult times, poets and writers have always provided lifelines."