Lilas Taha is a writer at heart, an electrical engineer by training, and an advocate for domestic abuse victims by choice. She was born in Kuwait to a Syrian mother and a Palestinian father, and immigrated to the U.S. as a result of the Gulf war in 1990.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Electric Engineering from Kuwait university and a master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. There, Lilas met her beloved husband and true friend, and moved with him to Texas to start a family. She is the proud mother of a daughter and a son. Instead of working in an industrial field, she applied herself to the field of social safety, working with victims of domestic violence.

Pursuing her true passion for creative writing, Lilas brings her professional interest and Middle Eastern background together in her novels.

Interview Links:

Interview in The National

Interview in Sukoon Magazine

Interview in Qatar Tribune

Feature Article in QF Publication

Georgetown University Qatar Video: One Book, Many Conversations with Author Lilas Taha

Videos:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join me in Austin, Texas at the Laura Bush Community Library

Books took a Middle Eastern Tour with HBKU Press through Book Fairs in Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Cairo

Many, many heartfelt thanks to all who stopped by during the 2022 Texas Book Festival!

Excited to meet readers at the 2022 Texas Book Festival on Saturday, November 5th in Austin from 3-3:45 pm at the Writers’ League of Texas table. Copies of my English language books will be available for signing and purchase. Join the fun!

An informative virtual discussion about Bitter Almonds at the Qatar National Library as part of their Community Read Program. I love hearing from readers and working through their analysis of my books. Thank you to all who participated.

Click on the link Gulf Times to read a press release about the event

Had a fantastic discussion of my book LOST IN THYME with the wonderful bookclub ladies of Houston.

Having an amazing creative time during my residency at Art Omi:Writers this fall. International authors coming together, stimulating discussions, shared information and insights from agents and editors, fantastic guidance from staff, and above all an enchanting upper state New York setting in Ghent. Ideas flow, imagination soars and words find new meanings.

Honored to have discussed my novel BITTER ALMONDS with the Arab American National Museum Book Club. Full video at this link AANM Virtual Book Club

Excited to announce the re-release of Shadows of Damascus with new cover and a new publisher.

Now available as an E-book and Paperback

Join me in a facebook book club discussion of BITTER ALMONDS on May 27 organized by the Arab American National Museum through a live facebook event. Click on the links above to join or here for more details

“In her Own Words: My stories are like children that leave the nest to become books”
Feature Article in QF Publication

Honored to be the HBKU Press-sponsored resident for the 2020 Art Omi Writers’ Residency Program in New York.

Excited to announce that LOST IN THYME novel is chosen the winner of 2019 Best Book Awards in the Category Fiction: Inspirational. The contest is sponsored by American Book Fest