Siwar Masannat is an Arab writer from Amman, Jordan. She holds an MFA in poetry from George Mason University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Siwar co-founded Gazing Grain Press, a chapbook publisher open to feminists of every gender and sexuality. Her poems and articles have appeared in Denver Quarterly, VOLT, Gargoyle, and 7iber.me, among others.