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Jameelah Lang (B. 1985, Lawrence, Kansas). Her mother is from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and her father is from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Jameelah spent most of her life living within a mile radius of her childhood home, and her mother was very happy about this.

She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas in English literature, and she is currently working on her thesis in order to complete an MFA in creative writing, also from K.U. She writes fiction and creative non-fiction, and she also sometimes writes folktales. Her philosophy on writing is, “Lie, cheat, steal.” 

During her year at HUB-BUB, she hopes to begin work on a series of short stories based on her experiences growing up as a Middle Eastern American in the Midwest. The stories will deal with what is lost, personally and culturally, in a bicultural or multicultural family. She is also excited to schmooze with other artists and writers, maybe over frozen yogurt.

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