Rawaan Alkhatib

Rawaan Alkhatib is a cook, writer, and artist of Palestinian and Indian descent. She was born

and raised in Dubai, UAE, where she experienced firsthand the warmth

and generosity of a date-centric culture. She holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’

Workshop. When she’s not working full-time at a museum exhibit design studio, she creates

work across a variety of mediums, including writing, painting, textile design and, of course,

food. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her spouse and child.