Suleika Jaouad

Suleika Jaouad (/suːˈlaɪkə dʒəˈwɑːd/ soo-LYE-kə jə-WAHD;[2] Arabic: سليكة جواد‎) is an American writer, advocate, and motivational speaker.[3] She is the author of the ‘Life, Interrupted’ column in the New York Times and has also written for Vogue, Glamour, NPR’s All Things Considered and Women’s Health.

Suleika Jaouad
Born1987/1988 (age 31–32)[1]
New York City, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
EducationPrinceton University
Partner(s)Jon Batiste

Biography

Jaouad was born in New York City to a Tunisian father and a Swiss mother. In 2010, she graduated from Princeton University where she majored in Near Eastern Studies and double minored in Gender Studies and French. During her time at Princeton, Jaouad worked on various human rights campaigns for the Center for Constitutional Rights, Oxfam and the African Union. She studied abroad in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt where she researched and wrote about women’s issues.

Jaouad’s career aspirations as a foreign correspondent were cut short when, at age 22, less than a year after graduation, she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia. After three years of chemotherapy, a clinical trial and a bone marrow transplant, she is now in remission. She began writing her New York Times column from the bone marrow transplant unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

She travels around the US teaching writing and wellness workshops and she speaks at high schools, universities, hospitals, corporations, fund-raisers and professional events. Jaouad has been featured on NPR's Talk of The Nation, NBC's Weekend Today Show, CBS News, The Paris Review, The Los Angeles Times and Darling Magazine, among others.[4]

Her first TED Talk titled "What almost dying taught me about living" was released in June 2019.[5]

Jaouad's first book, Between Two Kingdoms, will be published in February 2021.

Personal life

Suleika lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her partner Jon Batiste and her rescue dog Oscar.

Publications
  • Between Two Kingdoms (2020)[6]

References
  1. "Suleika Jaouad: How Do You Move Forward After Cancer?". Nashville Public Radio. 21 June 2019.
  2. Meanwhile... Can Farts Spread The Coronavirus? (April 22, 2020)
  3. Horgan, Richard (3 October 2013). "Suleika Jaouad's Life Joyfully Interrupted by Emmy Awards". Adweek. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. "Life Resumes: Looking Ahead With Suleika Jaouad". NPR.org. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. Jaouad, Suleika (April 2019). "What almost dying taught me about living". TED. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. Jaouad, Suleika (2020). Between Two Kingdoms. Random House. ISBN 0-399-58858-2. OCLC 1105148693.

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