Rawaan Alkhatib

Rawaan Alkhatib is a cook, writer, and artist of Palestinian and Indian descent. She was born and raised in Dubai, UAE, where she experienced firsthand the warmth and generosity of a date-centric culture. She holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. When she’s not working full-time at a museum exhibit design studio, she creates work across a variety of mediums, including writing, painting, textile design and, of course, food. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her spouse and child.