Leila Abdelrazaq

Leila Abdelrazaq (she/her) is a Chicago-born Palestinian author and artist who has been working in AMP’s Development department since May of 2020. As Development Manager, Leila works to help redirect resources to movements and efforts towards liberation, using her skills as a storyteller to provide sponsored projects with feedback and writing support on their grant applications and fundraising strategies. She also manages AMP’s grants database, helping to keep track of grant records for all of AMP’s sponsored projects.

Outside of AMP, Leila is a writer, illustrator and graphic novelist who publishes, exhibits, and gives workshops around the world. Her debut graphic novel, Baddawi, was shortlisted for the 2015 Palestine Book Awards. She spent many years deeply involved in Palestine, abolitionist, and arts organizing in Chicago. Leila currently directs her creative practice towards imagining what Palestinian liberation might look like beyond the violence inherent in statehood. She is a lover of zines and self-published ephemera.