Mona Mohi Eddin Hassan Sherif Ali Ahmed Dawood Khalil Debbabea Kakea, also known as Mona Sherif-Nelson, is the founder of the Nubian Foundation and the daughter and the heir of Nubia’s cultural leader Mohi Eddin Sherif.

Nabra Nelson is a writer, community organizer, and theater creator from Nubia, Egypt, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel in Egypt.

Lia Sima Fakhouri is a freelance stage director and storyteller. A Lebanese immigrant, born and raised in Dubai, UAE she identifies as third-culture kid. She is an advocate for the MENA Theatre community.

Lia Sima Fakhouri is a freelance stage director and storyteller. A Lebanese immigrant, born and raised in Dubai, UAE she identifies as third-culture kid. She is an advocate for the MENA Theatre community.

Ifrah Mansour is a Muslim Somali refugee who was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Somalia, Kenya, and the United States. She experienced civil wars, famine, displacement, droughts, and refugee camps before coming to America.

Hanna Eady grew up as a Palestinian in what is now Israel. He came to Seattle for graduate school in directing, returning home to work with Palestinian theatre companies, including the one he founded in his native village Buqayah, where he wrote his first play Art and Politics.