Faytinga is a prominent Eritrean singer and musician of Kunama heritage. A freedom fighter turned musician, Faytinga has developed her own style of music that finds inspiration in Eritrea’s rich musical traditions.

Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer from Syria. His work and research focuses on the body as a concept of humanity, a space of awareness, of life, history, future, harmony, and peace, as well as a space for poetry, memory, and imagination.

Stella Gaitano is a well-known writer on the Sudanese Arabic literary. Her writing explores themes of departure, motherhood, loss, and grief in the context of war in South Sudan.