Micaela Sahhar
Micaela Sahhar is an Australian–Palestinian writer and educator living on Wurundjeri Country. Her essays, poetry and commentary have appeared in Cordite, Meanjin, Overland, Rabbit and Sydney Review of Books, among others. She is a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellow (2021), a grant recipient from the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund (2022), and was commended for the Peter Blazey Fellowship (2024). Her first book, Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family (NewSouth), won the 2026 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction and the 2026 NSW Literary Award (UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing), and was longlisted for the 2026 Stella Prize.
Micaela Sahhar is appearing in the following events:
Saturday 13th June