Malu Halasa

Malu Halasa is the editor of seven anthologies on Middle Eastern art and culture. Her edited volumes include the critically acclaimed Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (by Saqi Books) and The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design . Halasa has written for The Guardian , Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement . She was previously an editor at the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam, Editor-at-Large for Portal 9 in Beirut, Lebanon, and a founding editor of Tank...See more

Malu Halasa is the editor of seven anthologies on Middle Eastern art and culture. Her edited volumes include the critically acclaimed Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (by Saqi Books) and The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design . Halasa has written for The Guardian , Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement . She was previously an editor at the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam, Editor-at-Large for Portal 9 in Beirut, Lebanon, and a founding editor of Tank Magazine in London. She is currently the literary editor at Middle Eastern arts magazine The Markaz Review. See less