Yumna Kassab

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards UTS Glenda Adas Award for New Writing Longlisted for the Stella Prize 2020 Shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards: Fiction The House of Youssef is a collection of short stories set in Western Sydney. The stories explore the lives of Lebanese migrants who have settled in the area, circling around...

‘that wildly inventive scriptomaniac’—The Guardian, Australian books to look forward to in 2026When she finally left, like properly totally completely left,it shouldn’t have come as a surprise.The signs were there.Amina's marriage to Amin was supposed to be a new beginning, instead, it became an inescapable end. Even after the divorce, the shadow of their relationship clings to her, defining her...

In thinking about the dictionary, I ask what is the dictionary here. It is me and my memories. The dictionary is Parramatta itself as the place that is the backdrop to my memories. As the inaugural laureate, Yumna Kassab set herself the task of collecting her observations and thoughts on living in Parramatta, now one of the country's most important...