Lamees Al Ethari
Descent: Iraqi
Profession: Author/Poet
Canadian Origin: Burlington, Ontario
Lamees Al Ethari is an Iraqi-Canadian writer and academic based in Southern Ontario. She is the author of Waiting for the Rain: A Memoir (2019) and From the Wounded Banks of the Tigris (2018). Al Ethari currently teaches academic writing, creative writing, and literature courses at the University of Waterloo.
Website: https://uwaterloo.ca/english/people-profiles/lamees-al-ethari