# Susan Muaddi Darraj

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109: Susan Muaddi Darraj (Behind You Is The Sea)

Charlie and Susan Muaddi Darraj (Behind You Is The Sea) discuss the Palestinian Christian community, her immigrant characters and their children, how she used the current conflict in her stories, and the segregation of the working class in Baltimore, Maryland. Please note this episode mentions dom…

The Worm Hole Podcast: 109: Susan Muaddi Darraj (Behind You Is The Sea)

Charlie and Susan Muaddi Darraj (Behind You Is The Sea) discuss the Palestinian Christian community, her immigrant characters and their children, how she used the current conflict in her stories, and the segregation and working class in Baltimore, Maryland. Please note this episode mentions domest…

Local Authors

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we'd like to turn your attention to a pair of local authors whose work reflects and illuminates the world around us: The Play’s the Thing, by James Magruder, and Behind You Is the Sea, Susan Muaddi Darraj

Alice Rothchild and Susan Muaddi Darraj on

Suzanne Lang talks with activist and author Alice Rothchild, whose own feminist enlightenment was gained by persevering through a male dominated medical field to become an OB/GYN who reshaped women’s health through her subsequent work. She tells her story, in Inspired and Outraged, the Making of a…

Alice Rothchild and Susan Muaddi Darraj on

Suzanne Lang talks with activist and author Alice Rothchild, whose own feminist enlightenment was gained by persevering through a male dominated medical field to become an OB/GYN who reshaped women’s health through her subsequent work. She tells her story, in Inspired and Outraged, the Making of a…

Palestinian Writing From the Diaspora | Sahar Mustafah Interviews Susan Muaddi Darraj

In this episode of Ehkili, Sahar Mustafah welcomes author and editor Susan Muaddi Darraj to discuss her recent anthology, "Ask the Night for a Dream: Palestinian Writing From the Diaspora." The conversation highlights the significance of amplifying Palestinian literary voices, the challenges of pub…

Black Writers Read Celebrates 15 Years of The Kweli Journal featuring Laura Pegram

Send us Fan Mail This episode features our conversation with Laura Pegram, founding editor of The Kweli Journal, to chat about Sing the Truth: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection, an anthology published in celebration of their 15th anniversary, which was live-streamed on May 17, 2025.  Hailed …

Exploring the Many Faces of Father-Daughter Relationships

In a special episode of the Dad and Daughter Connection podcast, Dr. Christopher Lewis sits down for a heartfelt conversation with Michele Filgate, editor of the new anthology What My Father and I Don't Talk About, and two of the book's contributors, Susan Muaddi Darraj and Joanna Rakoff. Their dis…

296 – Deena Helm & Horror Says Free Palestine

This week’s episode shows what a good haunted house can do.   Deena Helm is a mixed American-Palestinian author, who’s debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, puts all the power of the Gothic to use in framing the occupation and oppression of Palestine. It takes place before the ongoing genocide, but offer…

Piper Thomas: The Magic of The Littlest Library

What happens when a child’s quiet creativity gets the attention it deserves? Children’s author and illustrator Piper Thomas joins Rich Bennett to explore why reading a child’s story can help them feel heard, valued, and ready to keep creating. Picking up a conversation that began at the Book Fair a…