Suad Aldarra is a Syrian-Irish writer and data scientist based in Dublin. She lived in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and the US before eventually settling in Ireland. Suad was selected as the Common Currency writer in residence for the Cuirt International Festival and English/Irish PEN in 2021 and was awarded the Art Councils of Ireland English Literature bursary. Her debut memoir, I Don’t Want to Talk About Home, was published by Doubleday/PRH Ireland in July 2022 and shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards – Biography of the Year. Her short story The Three Strangers was included in A Little Unsteadily Into Light: New Dementia-Inspired Fiction (2022), edited by Jan Carson. Suad has written several pieces for the Irish Times and Independent, among other places.

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