Season 2 Episode 4: Hala Alyan

In this episode, the award-winning Palestinian-American novelist, poet, and clinical psychologist, Hala Alyan, speaks with guest host Jouzian Wahhab about how she works with dream material in both her writing and clinical work.

Alyan is the author of two novels, five collections of poetry, and I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, her debut memoir. Her work has been published by The New Yorker, The Academy of American Poets, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Guernica. She is a clinical psychologist and professor at New York University. 

Season 2 of Guardians of Sleep is written and hosted by Sharon Sliwinski and edited by Erin MacIndoe Sproule and Rebecca Nolan, with original music by Andrew Braun.

Funding support was provided by the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.