Samar Abulhassan

Samar Abulhassan

Samar Abulhassan holds an M.F.A. from Colorado State University and has worked as a teaching artist for ten years, for Seattle Arts and Lectures’ WITS Program, Jack Straw, and the Skagit River Poetry Foundation. Born to Lebanese immigrants and raised with multiple languages, she is a 2006 Hedgebrook alum and the author of multiple chapbooks, including Farah and Nocturnal Temple. She received a 2016 CityArtist grant to complete a novel-in-poems, reflecting on memory, longing, and the Arabic alphabet, ignited while exploring Pike Place Market and Seattle’s waterfront.

2019 Writers Program

Sound Clips
  • Samar Abulhassan reading at Jack Straw
    Lena – Samar Abulhassan
Education Projects

Lowell Elementary: Poetry and Song 2015 READ MORE >

Lowell Elementary: Poetry and Song 2016 READ MORE >

Lowell Elementary: Poetry, Sound, and Song 2017 READ MORE >

Olympic View Elementary: My Special Place 2017 READ MORE >

Meany Poetry 2018 READ MORE >

Lowell Poetry & Song 2018

Lowell Elementary: Poetry and Song 2018 READ MORE >

Lowell Elementary: Poetry and Song 2019 READ MORE >