Amal is a Syrian American poet, born and raised in Denver Colorado to an Arab father and an American mother. She has performed & taught in 13 countries and cities all over, in venues ranging from orphanages and refugee camps to youth prisons. She currently serves as the poet laureate of Hillsborough, North Carolina.

At the University of Colorado Denver, she designed her own undergraduate major, titled Community Programming in Social Psychology, where she has been able to create programs for a range of causes and people. 

She is the founder of House of Amal, a global writing community that sits at the intersection of introspection, faith and literature. She is also the founder of the Mental Wellness Program for Muslim Youth for Positive Impact in Colorado, working to create access and dismantle the stigma around mental health in the Muslim Community. 

Her first book, Scud Missile Blues, came out 2024 with 100% of proceeds to Syrian children afflicted by war. 

She is currently a youth mentor, a writing teacher, a farmer and a mother.