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Rama Abed

Rama is Brazilian-Palestinian and studied literature at the University of Jordan. She is passionate about social justice and uses her platforms to engage in uncomfortable yet essential conversations on important social issues such as women’s rights, gender-based violence and other issues that impact society. She will be dedicating her writing to topics including sex, gender, human rights and other social issues.

Nathalie E. Amazan

Nathalie (or ‘Nat’) is a Haitian-American poet who grew up on Long Island, New York. She completed her undergraduate in May of 2020 at UMass Amherst where she graduated as a 21st Century Leader awardee. She is dedicated to seeking liberation through an internationalist framework which maintains no one is free, until all are free from injustice and corruption throughout the world. She is committed to spreading justice and compassion through her words and advocacy and will be focusing her writing on topics related to collective liberation.  You can find some of her poetry and other writings at her personal blog: medium.com/@natamazan

Haya Abdul-Hadi

Haya is Jordanian and currently completing a Master’s program in film in Vancouver. She graduated from the American University of Beirut with a major in sociology and a minor in psychology. She is an aspiring creative writer with a love for reading, traveling and everything to do with television and film. 

She believes in having a passion or a dream and having the courage to go for it and make it happen. That is why she will be attending film school to further her education in script writing for television and film in Vancouver. Haya will be dedicating her writing to topics that mean something to her; whether that’s mental health, life survival skills, poetry, or Lebanon. She wants to be able to use her voice to make a change and inspire someone out there to be brave and use their own voice.

Alejandro Suárez

Alejandro is a fourth year student in philosophy at the University of Havana, with an assistantship in the subject of the “History of Philosophy.” He has been invited as a lecturer to other university venues, such as the “Inter-weapons School of the FAR Antonio Maceo," and he has articles published in the magazine at the University of Artemisa about “Symbolic Hermeneutics and Philosophy.”

He is coordinator and founder of the magazine “Creativa Manifesto,” as well as a writer, musician, and graphic artist. He works on an informative construction and description of the cultural panorama of youth in the artistic area of Cuba.

Hasini Jayawardena

Hasini is a graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she studied sociology and political science while pursuing a Certificate in Social Work. She is an international student originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka. She recently worked as an immigration and refugee policy intern at Church World Service in DC, where she was able to mix her passion for justice and advocacy and found deeper levels of interest in the Global Migration Crisis and Migration in general. Through her lived experience in Sri Lanka, she has seen how the plight of women comes with violence even if they are protected by various other social and economic safety nets. This has led her to have a great level of interest in writing about gender based violence, particularly the use of sexual violence in Sri Lanka as a form of maintaining the status quo. She believes that no one is free until everyone is free and justice is essential to human progress. She believes passionately that liberation is core to our existence and if we are creatures of free will then it is essential that all of us have access to it.

Naomy Castillo Cuellar

Naomy is 22 years old and is Cuban. She graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in sociology. For her art is life; which is to say that everything has meaning. She appreciates it from a piece displayed in a museum, to a presentation of a scene in theatre, to photography. Everything that can be related to art she is passionate about, but she identifies most with dance. 

Dance is a unique and versatile universal language, and in her life it has great importance. She has danced as a hobby since she can remember, and at seven years old started to take dance classes. She hasn’t practiced it professionally, but it is something that gives her life. Four years ago she began to be part of the institutional group of contemporary dance “Entalpía” at the University of Havana and she loves all that it does. 

In her major of sociology she has infused lines of study of which she is particularly interested in. Including fashion, and the different successes, processes and distinct aspects of a society. Focusing on the youth in society and the impact of the different processes and fashions that surround it day to day.

Teja Pallikonda

Teja is a student at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B.A. in Political Science and Minor in Economics. As a first generation Indian-American, Teja has always used her voice to bring attention to issues she believes need to be brought to the forefront of social discourse. As a writer and co-host of the “Three (Un)wise Women” podcast, Teja’s mission across all her platforms is to ask questions, critically analyze, and discuss social and political issues rather than simply debating and arguing about them.  

Leen Khoury

Leen is currently working in the educational field, although she studied something quite the opposite she found herself working with kids. She grew up and traveled in a few different places, and she finds this to be the most interesting part of herself. She has always been attracted to writing, and it’s been a passion of hers since she was younger. She used to write song lyrics, and as she grew up she tried to write short stories and poems, which she believes are one of the best ways to express yourself.

She also enjoys reading different books, particularly mystery and romance novels. Sometimes, she leans towards the self-help section, but she prefers fiction stories. As for the rest of her hobbies, she likes to work-out and spend a majority of her time coming up with new ideas for her business which mainly revolves around customized educational gifts for kids. She tries to write a mixture of things, especially when they come close to her experiences, so she hopes you enjoy them!

Yara Milhem

Yara is Palestinian and a recent graduate from the University of Jordan, where she majored in English Literature. She is passionate about human rights, anthropology, and social justice. Her hobbies are writing poetry and learning new languages.

Wrd Al-Saaideh

Wrd is a recent graduate from the University of Jordan, where she studied English literature. She is an ardent supporter of fields that aim to interpret various aspects of human life. The goal of her writings is to interrelate contemporary issues along with theoretical studies of philosophy, psychology, and anthropology.