Sanabel Abdel Rahman is a Palestinian writer, researcher, and literary critic currently based in Amman. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at the University of Toronto and holds a Ph.D. in Arabic literature with a focus on magical realism from Marburg University. She was a postdoctoral fellow at EUME (Germany), MECAM (Tunisia), and BBQ+ (U.S.). She holds the position of assistant professor at the Applied Science University in Amman.
Sanabel is the author of the forthcoming book Magical Realism in Palestinian Literature and Folk Tales: Reading the Distorted Spaces of the Nakba (2027) and of Māʼ Ward (2026), a work of Arabic autofiction and analog photography. She is also the co-founder of Ayn Hawd, an initiative for interdisciplinary learning and artistic research. Her work engages folk tales, magical realism, Indigenous climate fiction, and speculative writing, which she expands on through a variety of public-facing initiatives. Across her academic, pedagogical, and creative practices, she explores liberatory imaginations, reconnection with the land, decolonial writing, and the activation of alternative realities. Her texts have appeared in academic journals, magazines, and art exhibitions.

For professional inquiries and collaborations, write to: sanabel.a.rahman@gmail.com