Hala Mohammad
was born in Lattakia, Syria. She studied film-making in Paris and worked as a costume designer for two well-known Syrian films, al-Lail and Sandouq al-Dunya. Since 1994 she has published three collections of poetry. In the last few years she has directed several successful documentary films about Syrian writers, some broadcast on satellite TV channels, including Al-Jazeera.
Contributor's Issues
Banipal No 15 / 16 – Autumn 2002/Spring 2003
Banipal No 31 Spring 2008
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