JEHAN LOZA
Jehan Loza is an Egyptian-Australian writer and sociologist based in Melbourne. Her fiction explores identity, belonging, faith and family, and the ways larger social and political forces enter our most intimate relationships. Her writing moves between fiction and public essays, with a particular interest in power and nationhood and how they are lived in everyday life.
She has published academic research across areas including community life and social collaboration. Her public writing has appeared in ABC Religion & Ethics, and her fiction in The Missing Slate.
She holds a PhD in Sociology/Australian Studies. Her most recently completed novel, SAMI, was longlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in 2025. Its companion novel, TARIQ'S DAUGHTER, was also longlisted for the Richell Prize in 2024. Both novels stand alone.
She is currently working on her third novel, a psychological thriller.
In a world where meaning is often absent or imposed, reading offers a dialogue with ourselves, with society, with history, and with the dead.
Jeanette Winterson
