Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet and organizer of Lebanese-Palestinian descent whose creative and political writings have appeared in or are forthcoming from various publications including Narrative magazine, Mizna, and the New York Times. Several of Omar's poems were featured in the anthology, Beside the City of Angels: An Anthology of Long Beach Poetry. In 2016, Omar’s chapbook 13 Almost Love Poems was released, and Omar’s chapbook, DEATH, is forthcoming from swallow::tale press. Omar holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA.
