Joumana Haddad is a Lebanese poet, journalist, and women's rights activist renowned for her literary contributions and cultural advocacy. She serves as the head of the Cultural pages for "An Nahar" newspaper and teaches creative writing at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Haddad is also the editor-in-chief of "Jasad", a groundbreaking Arabic magazine dedicated to literature and arts centered on the body. Her acclaimed poetry collections and essays have been translated into multiple languages and published internationally. In 2014, she was recognized as one of the world's 100 most powerful Arab women by "CEO Middle East" magazine for her cultural and social activism.
A polyglot fluent in seven languages, Haddad has authored works in various languages and translated numerous literary pieces, including an anthology of modern Lebanese poetry in Spanish and a collection featuring 150 poets who died by suicide in the 20th century. Her interviews with prominent writers such as Umberto Eco, José Saramago, and Elfriede Jelinek further highlight her engagement with global literature. Haddad has received multiple prestigious awards, including the Arab Press Prize (2006), the International Prize North South for Poetry (2009), and the Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Literary Prize (2010). Her work was also the subject of the 2013 documentary "Jasad & The Queen of Contradictions" by Amanda Homsi-Ottosson. In recognition of her cultural impact, she was appointed honorary ambassador for culture and human rights by the city of Naples in 2013.