Safa Suleiman

​Safa Suleiman is a Palestinian American educator with more than twenty years of experience in undergraduate and elementary school pedagogy. She is also the author of the upcoming Hilwa’s Gifts (‘25, Candlewick), which received a starred review from Booklist, calling it “an absolute treasure,” and Ameena’s Special Thobe (‘26, Candlewick). Safa lives in Colorado, in the homeland of the Ute Nation.