Hanan Issa

Hanan Issa

Hanan Issa is a Welsh-Iraqi writer, artist and the National Poet of Wales. Issa’s work spans poetry, prose, theatre, film and animation, including the award-winning collection My Body Can House Two Hearts and children’s anthology And I Hear Dragons. Issa contributed to Channel 4’s We Are Lady Parts, was Hay International Fellow in 2023, and received an Honorary Doctorate from Bangor University in 2025. 

Upcoming Events

BLF 2026
John Siddique, Dr Catherine Redford, Hanan Issa
Lyrical Mehfil
Saturday, 4 July 2026 | 19:30 – 22:00
The Studio, The Alhambra Theatre, BD7 1AJ
Poetry
Event Reference: 26PO5