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Jillian Campana is professor of theater at The American University in Cairo, where she also serves as the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her most recent book is Western Theatre in Global Contexts: Directing and Teaching Culturally Inclusive Drama around the World. She lives in Cairo.

Dina Amin is director of the theater program and associate professor of theater at The American University in Cairo. She is the author of Alfred Farag and EgyptianTheater. Her most recent theater production is Shababik ‘Attia (‘Attia’s Windows). She lives in Cairo.

The Cairo Writers Lab is an independent collective of writers based at The American University in Cairo.

Hoda Elsadda is professor of English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University. She is co-founder and currently chair of the board of the Women and Memory Forum, a research organization that focuses on the production and dissemination of alternative knowledges on women and gender studies. She lives in Cairo.