Sabrin Hasbun

Dr Sabrin Hasbun is a Palestinian-Italian transnational writer. She has always had to mediate between two cultures and every day for her is a journey across borders.

She studied Literature at the University of Pisa, the Sorbonne University and Bath Spa University where she also obtained her PhD in Creative Writing and History in collaboration with Exeter University. Since then, Sabrin has held teaching positions at Bath Spa University, Falmouth University and is currently a lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Through her practice and career, she has worked with diverse groups around the world, across cultures, languages and generations. She has created, organised, and facilitated events, workshops, and working groups to highlight and disseminate the importance of art and writing to negotiate complex identities.

Sabrin believes in the extremely generative power of collective creation and action and her research focuses on collaborative practices to explore histories of marginalised groups and decolonisation strategies.

Sabrin has published a number of articles, both individual and collaborative, about collective creation in communities. Sabrin‘s first book, the family memoir Wait for Her,  won the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize and will be published in 2025.