Rasha Habbal

born in 1982 in Hama, Syria, is primarily known for her poetry. Her poetry collection »Wenig von dir…viel vom Salz« (tr. »Not much from you…A lot from salt«) was published in Arabic in 2014. In 2017, one of her texts was published in German in the volume »Ohne Worte – Mit anderen Worten« (tr. »No words – In other words«). She is the first one to receive the “Torschreiber am Pariser Platz” grant for 2018. She currently resides in Trier.