Faleeha Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, playwriter born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in the United States. Faleeha is the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master’s degree in Arabic literature, and has now published twenty-one books. Her poems have been translated into English, Turkmen, Bosevih, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia, Albanian, and Pakistani languages. Ms. Hassan has received many awards in Iraq and throughout the Middle East for her poetry and short stories.