Suheir Hammad the Palestinian American poet is both a New Yorker and a daughter of refugee camps in Jordan. She writes and performs in American slang, influnced by both rap and the spoken word poetry which could be hypothetically connected to the traditions of reciting poetry in Arab History, some of which are still alive today . Suheir Hammad adresses a young public that is in search of an identity beyond their time and place. She is critical of the prevailing political and cultural language, and welcomes difference and diversity. Suheir Hammd visits Egypt for the first time.

Suheir Hammad knows the sight and smell of war first hand as she recites "daddy's song " Her physical beauty and gracefullness pulls you into her quiet storm as it rips your mind open to the stew she's brewing. Her thoughts are poetic, but her message is beyond real. " -------- San Francisco Bay View ( by David Alston reviewing Def Poetry Jam in SF)