Sana Wazwaz performing at the Reviving Sisterhood Conference, holding a mic and standing in front of a music stand.

About

Sana Wazwaz is a Palestinian American writer, performer, and theater artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work appears in Black Warrior Review, Literary Hub, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Ghassan Kanafani Arts Anthology, and Overtly Lit. Her spoken word poem, “sand path that’ll lead the refugees home,” was selected to be displayed at the Colorado College Fine Arts Center’s Muslim Futurism Exhibit in 2024.

Sana is a two-time member of New Arab American Theater Works' National Playwright Incubator Program, where her play, "Birthright Palestine," was developed and received stage readings in the 2023 Playwright Showcase and the 2026 Festival of New SWANA Plays. She was also a nominee for Best American Essay 2025, a finalist in Black Warrior Review’s 2025 creative nonfiction essay contest, and a finalist in the 2021 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Competition. Sana is also a recipient of the 2026 Metro Regional Arts Council’s Next Step Fund for the completion of her debut prose and poetry book. She holds a BA in English with a creative writing concentration from Augsburg University, and is currently the Program Assistant at New Arab American Theater Works

Sana’s work has been performed across the Twin Cities, and in Greater Minnesota, Chicago, and New York; with theaters and arts organizations including Art2Action, Re-Entry Lab, The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, The Loft Literary Center, Mizna, the Winona State Theater Department, and more.

Through her work, Sana aims to defy the Zionist colonial narrative that Palestinians are products of nothing about occupation and perpetual war. Across genres, Sana captures the rounded humanity of Palestinian life, in all its nuances, contradictions, and joy.

Read My Work
A woman in a black dress with red and white embroidery, wearing a red headscarf, standing and smiling while holding a microphone in front of a presentation screen.
A woman wearing a red headscarf and colorful coat standing on a stage with a microphone and a book, in front of a red and beige curtain, addressing an audience.
A woman speaking at a podium with a sign that reads 'Hamline University,' raising her hand in a large room with large windows, flowers on the windowsill, and people in the background.
A young woman wearing a black hijab and light-colored blazer, sitting on a chair, smiling and speaking into a microphone during a panel discussion or interview in an indoor setting.
A woman wearing a red headscarf and black robes is speaking into a microphone at a small stage during a presentation or performance, while an audience attentively listens. Cameras and microphones are set up to record the event.
A woman wearing a black hijab and light green outfit, standing in front of a microphone and holding papers, speaking at an art gallery with colorful paintings and poster on the wall behind her.
A person with a light blue headscarf and black jacket speaking into a microphone, holding a megaphone, with a joyful expression, outdoors with other people nearby.