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Suleika Jaouad (/ s uː ˈ l eɪ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w ɑː d / soo-LAY-kə jə-WAHD; Arabic: سليكة جواد) is an American writer, advocate, and motivational speaker. She is the author of the "Life, Interrupted" column in The New York Times and has also written for Vogue, Glamour, NPR's All Things Considered and Women's Health.
Suleika Jaouad is an award-winning writer, speaker, and cancer survivor. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir "Between Two Kingdoms," the New York Times column “Life, Interrupted,” and numerous other features and essays.
Suleika Jaouad: New York Times bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning journalist, Creator of the Isolation Journals, & TED Speaker.
Feb 5, 2024 · The couple attended the 66th annual Grammy Awards after documenting her health journey in the Netflix documentary 'American Symphony'. Jaouad missed the 2022 show due to a relapse of leukemia, which she was diagnosed with at age 22.
May 15, 2024 · In living with cancer, Suleika Jaouad has learned to wrench meaning from our short time on Earth.
"The hardest part of my cancer experience began once the cancer was gone," says author Suleika Jaouad. In this fierce, funny, wisdom-packed talk, she challenges us to think beyond the divide between "sick" and "well," asking: How do you begin again and find meaning after life is interrupted?
BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS is a searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from cancer diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of healing and self-discovery.
