Ghiath Al-Madhoun
A Damascus-born Palestinian poet, Ghaith Al-Madhoun immigrated to Sweden in 2008 and now lives between Berlin and Stockholm. He has published four poetry collections in Arabic, as well as two books that have been translated into Swedish, as well as an anthology of poetry entitled The Road to Damascus in Dutch. His poems have been translated into many languages, and his fourth collection of poetry, Adrenaline, was longlisted for the Best English Translated Book Award in the 2018 poetry category.