Rana Kabbani

Rana Kabbani is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of Imperial Fictions, Letter to Christendom, and has introduced and edited The Passionate Nomad: The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt. Her translation of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry was published in Sand and Other Poems. She is a frequent contributor to the Guardian, and has written and presented many programmes for BBC radio and television.