Suleika Jaouad

Suleika Jaouad
Jaouad in 2025
Born (1988-07-05) July 5, 1988
New York City, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s)Writer, advocate, and motivational speaker
Years active2019present
Spouse
(m. 2022)

Suleika Jaouad (/sˈlkə əˈwɑːd/ soo-LAY-kə jə-WAHD; Arabic: سليكة جواد; born July 5, 1988) is an American writer, advocate, and motivational speaker. She is the author of the "Life, Interrupted" column in The New York Times and has also written for Vogue, Glamour, NPR's All Things Considered and Women's Health. Her 2021 memoir Between Two Kingdoms, covering her struggle with leukemia, was a New York Times Best Seller.