Hiba Krisht is a writer and professional translator from Beirut. Her literary work appears in The Kenyon Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, 580 Split, and Mizna among others. She is a recipient of the 2012 Jane Foulkes Malone Fellowship from Indiana University and the 2013 JoAnn Athanas Memorial Award in literature from the National Society of Arts and Letters. She has been interviewed about her life and work in the Huffington Post, in VICE, on the BBC radio, and in Grazia among others.