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...
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...
Yasir Suleiman is His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa‘id’s Chair of Modern Arabic Studies and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. His many published works include Arabic in the Fray: Ideology and Cultural...
Yasmin Khan is an award-winning author, campaigner and cook who is passionate about sharing people's stories through food. Her debut book, The Saffron Tales, was named by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and BBC's Food Programme as one...
Yousef Bashir is a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, the son of a respected educator. After relocating to the United States, he earned a BA in International Affairs from Northeastern University and an MA in Co-existence and Conflict from Brandeis...
