A black-and-white photo of Dahlia Taha smiling at the camera in front of a wall. Een zwart-witfoto van Dahlia Taha die lacht naar de camera voor een muur.

Dalia Taha (PSE)

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Dalia Taha (PSE)

Dalia Taha (1986, PSE) was born in Berlin, but raised and based in Palestine. She gained recognition as a poet, teacher and playwright of works staged internationally, from European stages to the West Bank. In her poems she intertwines language and history with the reality of life in Palestine. The titles of her poems often begin with Enter, after which she places a subject into our field of vision as if a character is stepping onto the stage: fear, love, life under occupation.

Where you might know this poet from

  • Recipient of the Elyse Dodgson Commission for the Middle East (Royal Court Theatre, 2019), an international commission for a new theatre text by a non-British author from the Middle East.
  • Recipient of the Banipal Visiting Author Fellowship 2024, a fellowship that offers Arabic-language authors time, visibility and new translation opportunities in the UK.
A black-and-white photo of Dahlia Taha smiling at the camera in front of a wall. Een zwart-witfoto van Dahlia Taha die lacht naar de camera voor een muur.

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