Chuu Wai is a free-spirited and committed artist whose work often centers around the role of women in Burma. Her artistic practice includes painting and performance art.

Salute yal bannot is an all-girl band based in Sudan. Writing and composing their own songs, their creative practice explores social and political issues, particularly concerning women.

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.