Hiba Dagher is a student at the University of Michigan & founder of Hikayat. She is the recipient of two Hopwood prizes & her work has been featured in Xylem literary magazine & the Cafe Shapiro anthology. You can find her @mtndaughter on twitter.
There is not much to Sa’ad that needs to be written. He has a degree. He lives somewhere. He eats food. But most all, he likes Brendan Fraser movies. You can follow his chronicles on @sodosage on instagram or you can go about your jolly good day. However, the timeline diverges here. I just hope the one you’re surfing does not lead you astray
Ameerah Bader is a Palestinian-Tlingit poet and illustrator located in Boise, Idaho. They have been writing poems for ten years and drawing for nine. In 2019 they graduated with BFAs in both illustration and printmaking. Humor, identity, and tiny moments are centered within Ameerah’s work. They appreciate the unseen. They enjoy merging both imagery and language to engage in storytelling. Their favorite color is all of them but just a little desaturated. They enjoy singing in the morning, falling asleep with a book on their lap after lunch, drinking wine in the evening, riding their bicycle into the sunset, and blinking at the stars. Ameerah has been published a handful of times, nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice, and is currently working on a small collection of small poems.
Mona Gazala is a Palestinian-American artist currently living and working in Columbus Ohio. Gazala recently received her Masters of Fine Art with a minor in City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University, and over the past ten years has pursued a strong interest in community-engaged art, social justice issues, and post-colonial studies. She is currently writing a book called “Buck Creek Journals,” which documents her rural Ohio excursions – and her fluctuating relationship with the land and rural landscapes – as a descendant of Palestinian refugees on stolen Native American soil. More about the artist’s work can be found at her website, https://www.gazalaprojects.com.
Philip Metres has written ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (Copper Canyon 2020), Sand Opera, and The Sound of Listening. Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lannan Fellowship, three Arab American Book Awards, and two NEAs, he is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University.
