Islam Samhan

is a Jordanian poet of Palestinian origin.

His first collection of poems titled Graceful as a Shadow was published in 2007.

He was accused of blasphemy for including phrases from the Quran in this volume, and was arrested as a result.

He has since published several more collections; two of his books have also been translated into Italian.

[1] He was named by the Hay Festival as one of the Beirut39, a selection of the best young writers in the Arab world.