Wafa Ghnaim is an American-born Palestinian businesswoman, writer, and artist. Wafa began learning Palestinian embroidery from her mother when she was two years old. Throughout her life, she traveled alongside her mother for exhibits, lectures and...
Wafa Shami was born and raised in Ramallah, Palestine. She moved to the US to pursue higher education and graduated with a Master’s degree in International Studies. Since moving to the US, Wafa has maintained her engagement in Middle Eastern...
Widad Kamel Kawar is an internationally renowned collector of Palestinian and Arab dress and material culture, author of several publications, and founder of the Tiraz museum in Amman, Jordan.
William was born in London in 1971. He is the author of the international bestseller Are You Experienced?, The Love Hexagon, New Boy, Bad Influence and Whatever Makes You Happy. His first YA novel, The Wall, was...
William Tamplin is a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps and a literary translator from Arabic. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University and a BA from Georgetown. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Jordan, and he has taught...
Wisam Rafeedie is a former organizer, ex-prisoner and retired lecturer, formerly teaching at the Department of Social Sciences at Bethlehem University – Palestine. He previously worked as a part-time lecturer in Sociology and Cultural...
Yahya Ashour is an exiled Gazan poet and awarded author, born on April 22, 1998, based in the US. He is an honorary fellow at the University of Iowa and the author of the e-book “A Gaza of Siege & Genocide” (Mizna, 2024).
Yara Hawari is a Palestinian writer and political commentator. She completed her PhD in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, where her research focused on oral history and Indigenous Studies. She currently works as a senior analyst at...
