Tasneem Maher is a bisexual Arab writer who enjoys theatrics in all forms. She has worked with or been featured in Ascend Magazine, Tenderness Yea, Sooth Swarm Journal, and more. She tweets sporadically @mythosgal and tumblrs more consistently @honeyhusk. Lamia Abukhadra is a Palestinian American artist pursuing her BFA in Minneapolis. She is interested in the idea of art as a vessel of expression, communication, identity, and culture for and between disenfranchised communities. Her art aims to dismantle harmful dominant narratives that cultivate and celebrate acts of colonialism, occupation, and genocide in Palestine and the Arab world through personal stories and historical events. She draws inspiration from various folk art styles like voodoo art flags, tapestry weaving, and embroidery, traditional textiles from her homeland, and the idea of collective memory. Her work has been featured by Altered Aesthetics, the University of Minnesota T.R. Anderson Gallery, and the Quarter Gallery. You can follow her on Instagram @lamiaabukhadra Ryah Freih, pronouns are she/her/herself, is a queer Jordanian woman who recently graduated from New York University with a BA in English. Instagram: @likearitual and Twitter: @tenderlimbs
Zein Sa'dedin is a Jordanian poet born and raised in the city of Amman. She holds a BA in English Literature with Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Zein is also currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Some of her poems can be found in 'Sukoon Magazine' and 'Breakwater Review.' Leila Ammar is a half Palestinian non-binary lesbian. Their pronouns are she/they. Leila is 19 years old and lives in Philadelphia where they attend Drexel University. Their favorite thing to do in the world is to read; it?s definitely their form of escape. You can find them on twitter @khazbrekker and on tumblr @safonas. Mariam Saleh, pronouns she/her, is an Egyptian sometimes writer and always reader. She feels most at home on a beach after sunset. You can find her on twitter, instagram, and tumblr @wearyriver Alaa Lafta (@grlkind) is an 18 year old Iraqi Muslim girl - pronouns she/her - living in the UK. Her work is often quite unapologetic in its aggressiveness, and she enjoys writing about lost identity and the female experience as she knows it.