Malu Halasa

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Malu Halasa is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor based in London. A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, her books include: Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014); Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations (2009); The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design (2008); Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran (2007); Transit Beirut: New Writing and Images (2004); Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance (2002); and Mother of All Pigs, her first novel.