Karimeh
Mahmoud

Awardee

Country

Syrian Arab Republic

Karimeh Mahmoud advocates for gender equality through literature.

Themes
Gender equality
Free expression / Civil society
Others
Disciplines
Literature
Awards
SEED Award 2021

Profile

Karimeh Mahmoud is a Syrian writer, feminist, and activist based in Iraq. Her work on gender and women’s issues has been published in various regional platforms and magazines. She also self-published a collection of stories - Very Feminist Stories - in 2018. Karimeh is dedicated to telling women’s stories and highlighting the female experience of living in the MENA region through her poems, prose, short stories and personal essays.