Adil Hassan is an actor and writer for stage and screen.

His latest short film, “Can't Let Them In”, was screened at the London Child Poverty Summit 2021, where he also spoke about tackling child poverty and unsuitable accommodation. And 2 weeks after the screening, his family were able to move out of their 1 bedroom flat into a 3 bedroom home, after a housing association heard his story.

Agatha Ezzedine is a British-Lebanese writer and actress. She is the creator of “Whispers-Hamasat”, an online play that raised nearly £100,000 to rebuild Beirut’s theatres and support its arts community following the devastating August 4th, 2020 blast.

Ali Al-Jamri is one of Manchester’s Multilingual City Poets in 2022. His poem, ‘In Prisms of Knowledge’ was written for the city’s Festival of Libraries in both English and Arabic He is also a translator, editor and teacher.

One of his great interests is the Baharna Arab folk culture from Bahrain, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf, and much of his work draws from this background.

Amadeus Redha is an Iraqi-British writer-director based in London. He has been shortlisted in the Netflix Screenwriters Fellowship and the BBC Writersroom. His short film, “The Rally”, is currently doing the festival circuit, and his feature, “Paradise By Way of Jordyn”, is currently in development. He’s currently working on his directorial debut short as well as a drama TV pilot.

Amal Khalidi is a poet, musician and storyteller born and raised in London, currently working on a commissioned play with Half Moon Theatre.

Their work looks at the experience of being a part of the North African diaspora, the cultural fluidity of London, and trying to understand the complexities of growing up mixed, muslim and queer.

Amira Al Shanti is a Scottish-Palestinian actor, singer and writer. Her most recent appearance was her West End debut in the world premiere of Rumi at the London Coliseum.

Amro Mahmoud is a British Egyptian-Sudanese actor and writer based in London & Brighton.

Amro has created theatrical and audio pieces about origins and identity with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He has also written a dystopian-set short thriller film, and a comedy drama TV pilot called 'BASE' following a group of young actors who enter a legendary arts school.

Arij is a creative producer with a track record for weaving compelling stories and bringing fresh perspectives to the viewers. As well as her role in the BAFTA and Rose d’Or nominated C4 series, “Baghdad Central.” Arij has recently brought to life an anthology of short films by five international female directors for Paramount+. Her most recent productioni "Beneath a Mother’s Feet" won the Golden Cave Award for the best international short film at Tangier Film Festival.

Academy Award & Palme d’Or nominated writer, producer and director of Palestinian-British-Irish heritage. He is known for the short film, “Ave Maria” (Cannes 2015/ Oscars 2016 / Netflix), and his feature comedy, “A Gaza Weekend” (TIFF 2022 - FIPRESCI award). Basil also produced the Saudi short film, “Nour Shams” by Faiza Ambah (Palm Springs 2021).

After graduating from the University of Southern California, Bassel wrote and produced the OSCAR-nominated and BAFTA-winning film 'Theeb'. His directorial debut, “The Alleys”, trended No.1 on Netflix in the Arab World. Bassel is in post-production with 'Chasing Dreams', a sports docu-series following five Syrian footballers who turn professional in Brazil after being scouted from a refugee camp. Bassel lives in London where he is developing new English-language projects.

Beyan is an award-winning producer and upcoming director from Iraq Kurdistan. She works across feature documentaries, shorts, commercials, online content, and everything in between. Among Beyan's latest work is the award-winning feature documentary 'Name Me Lawand'. She is currently directing her first feature documentary, which is being filmed between Syria and the UK.

Carmen Nasr is a British-Lebanese writer.

She is currently under commission to the Kiln Theatre/Sky Productions, Almeida Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, and is adapting Booker Prize shortlisted novel “Burnt Sugar” by Avni Doshi, for the Lot Productions.

Celine is a British-Lebanese writer-director. Her genre-bending work has been supported by Sky, the BFI, Trademark Films, h Club London, DFI and Goldfinch: First Flights, screened at BAFTA/Academy-award qualifying festivals worldwide and reached nearly a million views online. She is currently developing her first feature, LEGS, a darkly comic horror exploring infertility, based on her award-winning proof-of-concept short.

Dalia AI-Dujaili is an Iraqi-British freelance writer, editor and producer. She tells stories on emerging creativity from the South West Asian and North African region and diaspora, on migrant narratives and communities from the margins, with bylines in The Guardian, WePresent, GQ Middle East, Aperture, Atmos, British Journal of Photography, Huck, The New Arab, It's Nice That and more.

Elias Suhail is a British-Moroccan writer and filmmaker based in Folkestone, UK.

He hopes to use his confluence of experiences to tell stories that offer a deeper understanding of the multiplicity of Arab and working-class identities.

Faisal Attrache is a writer, director and producer. His short historical drama, “From the Mountain”, inspired his great-grandfather’s life in 1920’s Syria, premiered at the Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia (2021) and won the Jury Award at the Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan (2022).

Born in Swaida, Syria, Faisal received an MFA in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, and is currently based in the UK.

Fatima Kried is a British-Libyan creative. Their award-winning debut micro animation "Yuluu" - a haunting animated short exploring ideas of exile after the 2006 Lebanon War - has been successfully picked up by festivals all over the world. And they are now working on their third film, a short romantic drama taking inspiration from 500 Days of Summer and Sliding Doors.

British-Moroccan writer Fatima Serghini has gone from working in the New York fashion industry, to becoming an emerging new playwright, inviting audiences to explore stories and see worlds not normally accessible to them.

Gamze Şanlı is a British, Turkish and Cypriot filmmaker, artist and performer.

Her craft incorporates experimental theatre, film and documentary, and intertwines stories around socio-politics, ancestral remembrance, nostalgic fantasy, poetic horror, hauntology, mythology and witchcraft. She is currently working on experimental art projects and is a member of the Documentarist, MENA Arts and London Short Film Festival teams.

Hassan Abdulrazzak is an award-winning playwright and an experienced screenwriter.

His plays include “Baghdad Wedding” and “Love Bombs and Apples.”

He has received the George Devine, Meyer-Whitworth and Pearson awards as well as the Arab British Centre Award for Culture. “Love, Bombs and Apples” was the winner of outstanding production at Theatre Bay Area Awards 2018.

Hussain, a London-based Irish/Egyptian producer, is currently serving as Production Executive for Jax Media (part of the Imagine Entertainment group). His credits include Producing "Bad Education” for BBC, comedy short, "7 Minutes” directed by Ricky Gervais, and "Count Badulla”. For ITVX. Previously he worked for Disney and Star as Production Executive.

Ibbi El Hani is a Danish-Moroccan actress, singer and writer based in London and Copenhagen.

Her storytelling explores the themes of cultural and social pressures, racism, fragmented identity, mental health and intersectional feminism.

She is currently working on a Danish feature film “The Promise”, which is supported by the Danish Film Institute.

Julie-Yara Atz is a Syrian-Swiss hybrid filmmaker and actor. Their documentary "Leaving Syria: long live the youth" premiered at Telluride in 2017, and they are currently writing their first feature film produced by Luna Films, with the support of the Migros Culture Percentage.

They're finishing an MA in Cultural Studies with a focus on storytelling in times of war in Syria. Cultural anomaly.

Laith Elzubaidi is a British-Iraqi screenwriter and director based in London. He is the founder of the British-Arab Writers Group.

His recent sci-fi drama, “An Impossible Homecoming”, was nominated for the Edinburgh TV Festival All3Media New Drama Script Award. He also has a sitcom in development with Three Little Birds Pictures.

Mariah Idrissi is a British Model and Storyteller. She was recognised as the world’s first hijab wearing model in 2015. She’s an international speaker, including talks at TED. She won the ‘Young Achiever’ Award at the Arabian Business Awards in 2019.

Mariah produced and presented a short documentary called, “Britain’s First Mosque” and is currently writing and co-producing an animated feature film.

May Ziadé is a French-Lebanese writer and filmmaker based in London.

Her work explores the physical and emotional consequences of the cultural and social pressures to conform.

Mohamed Hassan is an award-winning TV writer, podcaster, essayist and poet from Auckland and Cairo.

His debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the New Zealand National Book Awards in 2021, and his bestselling essay collection “How To Be A Bad Muslim” was published by Penguin Random House in 2022. He is the creator and the lead writer of “Miles From Nowhere” .

Mohammedally Al-Hashemi is a actor, writer and producer of Yemeni-Iranian heritage born and raised in London. With over half a decade of experience in the industry, his work explores themes of fractured identity, grief and dreams. His short films have been selected to Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying festivals, and screened internationally, including in untapped countries like Yemen and Jordan. He is currently developing his debut feature and a variety of TV shows.

Nada is a theatre director, facilitator and children’s book publisher with two decades of experience directing and facilitating across the Arab world.

Nada’s artistic work mixes multiple schools and styles, allowing her to tackle taboo subjects in fun and thought-provoking ways. She has created works for adults, youth and children in theatrical and non-theatrical spaces with professionals and enthusiasts alike, by using theatre and its tools.

Nadia is an actor and writer of English, Irish and Moroccan heritage.

In 2022, she was commissioned by London SouthBank Uni for her short film and by Shakespeare's Globe / Tamasha for her monologue. She's currently writing a comedy short set in 1970s Casablanca.

Nadia is creator of feature film Catalina, a historical thriller, written by Hassan Abdulrazzak, developed with the BFI.

Nadine Kaadan is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator from Syria now living in London. She is published in several countries and languages and her mission is to champion empowered and inclusive representation in children’s books so that every child can see themselves in a story.   

Natali Khalili Tari is a British, Croatian-Iranian photographer and filmmaker based in London. Interested in the intersections of migration, diaspora and culture, her work amplifies underrepresented voices and stories with a strong focus on the SWANA and Balkan regions and diasporas.

Recent films include: 'Between Mountains and Wars' (which premiered at the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival) and 'These Hands Tell Stories'.

Olympia Christofinis is an award-winning Syrian-Cypriot writer-director. She has been nominated for an Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Award (2022); won a Royal Television Society National Student Award (2021); and awarded a bursary to the National Theatre Playwriting Course (2020).

Originally from Egypt, Omar started stand up comedy in 2019 and, in his first year (+global pandemic), went on to win the prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny' award at the Edinburgh Fringe. He talks about his encounters with strange school friends, football fans and EDL-badge-wearing bouncers, providing unique insight from a childhood moving from Egypt to Wales to Cambridge.

Raghad Chaar is a Syrian-Scottish actor, voiceover artist and writer based in London.

Her most recent writing includes “Ore” , a TV pilot she wrote during the pandemic. Raghad is now in the early stages of writing her next TV pilot, based on her life.

Riffy Ahmed is a British-Bahraini and Bangladeshi film director, writer and visual artist based in London. Her work has screened at Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, BFI Flare, Tribeca Arts Centre, Nour Arts Festival and the Saatchi Gallery.

Roann Hassani McCloskey is an Algerian-British storyteller. Her work includes her 2019 award-winning sell-out, one-woman show, “My Father the Tantric Masseur.” Her second show, “Who Murdered My Cat?” shines a light on memory, its inconsistencies and its power in forming our identities.

Roua Alazzawi, a seasoned screenwriter and video editor, brings over a decade of expertise crafting narratives spanning diverse genres like science fiction, historical fantasy, and political dramas.

Notably, she's penned episodes for Sesame Street, impacting Middle Eastern children, and helmed projects for major networks like MBC.

Alazzawi's multifaceted career includes directing short films, showcasing her creative range alongside her professional video editing work with BBC.

Roua is a Syrian British writer and architect, whose work investigates voice, identity and agency.

She performed her Damascus Journals in the UK, Germany & Spain. And her RSC37 shortlisted play, “Home, Pizza/Visa & A Pledge To The Queen” premieres at the Kleist Forum, before touring in Germany.

She is a member of teatreBLAU and the Young Vic Creators Program.

Saeed Taji Farouky is a Palestinian-British filmmaker and artist who has been producing work around themes of conflict, human rights and colonialism since 1998.

His latest feature doc, “A Thousand Fires” was shot in Myanmar just before the military coup of early 2020, and follows a married couple who make a living by drilling oil from their own makeshift oil field, right outside their house.

Safia Lamrani is a British-Moroccan actor, writer, and co-founder of Pistachio Theatre Company.

She has work published with: Amaliah, Foyer Magazine, Dardishi, The Invitation Magazine, Morocco World News. Safia has performed her writing at The Globe, The Bush Theatre, Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Her one woman show is currently in development to be staged in both London and Tangier.

Samantha Ellis is an Iraqi Jewish writer who writes plays, books, TV & film.

Her play, “How to Date a Feminist” has been performed all over the world., and she has worked on the screenplays of both “Paddington” films. For radio she has written, “Sugar and Snow” and “Love is not New in this Country.”

Sarah Agha is a Palestinian/Irish actress and writer from London. She is a passionate advocate for Arab theatre and culture. And currently curates the Arab Play Reading Club and The Arab Film Club.

She currently writes freelance for Backstage Magazine, and has also been featured in 1883 Magazine, the Royal Shakespeare Company Patrons Paper and the charity anthology “Out of Isolation” by Unicorn Publishing.

Shehroze Khan is a writer & director with a passion for character-driven films, that can shine a mirror to society.

His most recent short “Man To Man” starred SAG Award/Independent Spirit Award-nominated David Harewood MBE (Homeland, Blood Diamond) and won the First Prize Breaking Boundaries award at Flicker’s Rhode Island Film Festival.

Sherine is an Irish/Syrian actress, writer, voice over artist and producer from London.

Her play "Secrets of da Syrian Sisters" was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award, and performed her sell out West End solo show "Why So Syrian?" at Soho Theatre.

Sherine is currently writing a pilot TV series, "Are You Dizzy Fam?” and is passionate about inspirational stories regarding womanhood and identity.

Soudade is an award winning Syrian director born in France and raised in Damascus. She gained international recognition with her debut feature film, "The Day I Lost My Shadow," which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2018 and won the esteemed Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film. Her next short fiction film Aziza won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019. And her second feature film Nezouh won the Audience Award at the Venice Festival in 2022, making her the only Arab female director to win twice in Venice.

Theo Panagopoulos is a Greek-Lebanese-Palestinian writer, director, film programmer and PhD candidate based in Scotland.

His storytelling explores the themes of memory, politics, fragmented identity and language connected to collective trauma and healing.

His documentary short “My Own Personal Lebanon” was shortlisted for the IRIS Award of the Hellenic Film Academy and won the Odysseus.

Yasmeen is a queer Iraqi/Syrian/Assyrian performer and story-maker who works across theatre, film and audio, exploring themes of migration, displacement and social justice.

She has collaborated with artists and ensembles on projects including "When Farah Cries", "Welcome to the UK" and RSC's "A Museum in Baghdad".

She is also a stand-up comedian and a member of Counterpoints Arts' No Direction Home collective.