Haikam Alkhawaja is a researcher and theatre critic. He worked as an Arabic language teacher at Syrian high schools and he was involved in establishing many cultural and literary magazines. A winner of several awards and a member of the Arab Writer’s Union, he has more than eighty publications in literature, theatre and critical studies. Sura Ghazwan is an Iraqi children's story writer and illustrator. Born in 1989, she graduated from Baghdad University with a degree in English translation. She has practiced visual art for as long as she remembers, has had several exhibitions, and won a number of awards.