About
Jordan is a Franco-American and Moroccan writer and translator, whose stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous anthologies and reviews, including Apulée, Salmagundi, and The Paris Review. He is the editor of "Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction" (City Lights 2024) and co-editor with Malu Halasa of "Sumūd: a New Palestinian Reader" (Seven Stories Press 2025). He attended the American University of Paris and cut his teeth as a journalist based in Paris, writing for the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Libération and other publications, and in Madrid, where he wrote for El País, El Europeo, Vogue et alia. He was the founder and director of the Levantine Cultural Center/The Markaz in Los Angeles (2001-2020), and producer of the play "Sarah’s War" (written by Valerie Dillman), as well as the stand-up comedy show The Sultans of Satire (2005-2017), along with hundreds of other public programs, including a series of concerts in the World Festival of Sacred Music Los Angeles, launched by the Dalai Lama. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Rachel Corrie Conscience and Courage Award from the ADC, an Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship, and grants from Open Society Foundations and Hawthornden. He is based in Montpellier, France and California.
Featured Work
Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader

An anthology that celebrates the power of culture in Palestinian resistance, with selections of memoir, short stories, essays, book reviews, personal narrative, poetry, and art.
Includes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists.
Other Works
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Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader
2025
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Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction
2024