photo by Ruqayyah Aakil

photo by Ruqayyah Aakil

about

Husnaa Haajarah Hashim is a poet, interdisciplinary artist, student herbalist, and University of Pennsylvania graduate. A Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate (2017-2018), Husnaa is the author of the chapbook Honey Sequence (The Head & The Hand, 2018). Her work has appeared in Apiary, On Being, Rookie, Elixr Coffee’s Heart on Your Sleeve coffee cup sleeves, Short Édition’s Short Story Dispenser vending machine in Paris, France, and elsewhere.