Micaela Sahhar Micaela Sahhar i(A87308 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Palestinian
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BiographyHistory

Micaela Sahhar is an Australian-Palestinian writer and educator.

Sahhar's essays, and poems have appeared in CorditeOverland, The Age, Southerly, New Matilda and the Griffith Review among others. In 2021, she was recipient of the Wheeler Centre's Next Chapter Fellow program, and also received a Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Grant to travel to Palestine. 

Sahhar also holds a doctorate from the University of Melbourne, focusing on national narrative and media coverage during Israeli assaults on Palestine in the 21st century.

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Personal Awards

2024 commended Australian Centre Literary Awards Peter Blazey Fellowship
2022 recipient The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund for travel to Palestine to research and develop manuscript ‘Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family’
2021 recipient The Next Chapter Mentorship
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