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Rana Bitar

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Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

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Poetry, Memoir, Nonfiction

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Rana Bitar is a Syrian-American physician, poet, and writer. She earned her Master’s in ‎English and Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. ‎
Her memoir, The Long Tale of Tears and Smiles, was published by Global Collective ‎Publishers in August 2021.‎
She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, A Loaf of Bread (Unsolicited Press, 2019) and the ‎forthcoming Hold Your Breath (Unsolicited Press, 2023).‎
A Loaf of Bread was a finalist in the “Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition” in 2017 and won ‎an honorable mention in “The 2017 Louis Award” for poetry. ‎
Hold Your Breath is selected by The National Women’s History Museum to be on Exhibit for ‎their Coronavirus Journaling Project.‎
Her poetry has appeared in many journals including, ...more

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	The Long Tale of Tears and Smiles 4.49 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Loaf Of Bread 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold Your Breath 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Resistance: Poems by Nizar Qabbani, Robert Bensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rana Bitar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of the Beginning: English Version 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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