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Asmaa Azaizeh (Born 27 February 1985) is a Poet, journalist, and cultural manager based in Haifa. She won the Young Writer Award from Al Qattan Foundation in 2010 for her first volume of poetry, "Liwa", which was published in 2011. The second poetry collection "As The Woman From Lod Bore Me" was published in 2015, while the third collection “Don’t believe me if I talk of war” will be published soon by “Almutawassit, Milan. She has also contributed to and participated in various journals, anthologies and poetry festivals. Her poems has been translated into English, German, French, Persian, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, Montenegrin, Greek, Italian, and Croatian.

Asmaa has also worked as an editor of print newspapers, a journalist and a presenter in various TV and radio stations. Currently, She works as a freelance writer for cultural magazines, and as the artistic director of Fattoush store for books, music, and arts, and fattoush bar and gallery in Haifa, a space for music shows and visual art.