About

Suad Aldarra is a Syrian-Irish writer and engineer based in Dublin. She holds a Master’s in Data Analytics from the University of Galway. Suad was selected as the Common Currency writer in residence for Cuirt International Festival and English/Irish PEN in 2021 and was awarded the Art Councils of Ireland English Literature bursary. Her debut memoir, I Don’t Want to Talk About Home, published by Doubleday (Penguin) in July 2022, and was shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards – Biography of the Year. Suad has written several pieces for the Irish Times and Independent, among other places. 

Suad’s thesis RefugeesAre.info, which tackles the spreading issue of misinformation about refugees and migrants in the news, won several awards and international recognition.

Believing that her degree in Engineering saved her life during the war, Suad started Women Techmakers Group in Galway, a Google program to empower women in technology. She volunteered with Techfugees to empower displaced people with technology and has spoken on several occasions about displaced people, women in tech and Syria in places such as the European Commission, in front of the Dutch Royals, RTE radio and articles for various newspapers, including the Irish Times.

Suad is represented by Doug Young at Pew Literary Agency.

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