Rewa Zeinati is an award-winning poet and naturalized U.S. citizen with Lebanese and Palestinian roots. She grew up in Beirut and Abu Dhabi and holds an MFA in creative writing from UMSL. She is the author of Bullets & Orchids (Corrupt Press, 2013) and founder and editor of Sukoon magazine. Her second poetry chapbook, Difficult, is forthcoming by Diode Editions in 2024.