Dr. Zaher Alajlani, Ph.D., is a Syrian short-story author, editor, researcher, translator, and publisher whose work has been featured in many international publications and drawn critical attention in the United States, Romania, and Syria. He has published five short-story collections in English and one in Arabic.
Amjad Barbour, M.A., is a Toronto-based digital designer, graphic design mentor, and tech tutor. He has extensive experience in visual arts and has been working professionally in the field since 2008. He’s also the author of several books about graphic design.
Constantin Tonu is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has a BA in Comparative Literature and an MA in History of Images–History of Ideas from the same faculty. He is the author of Deșertul în literatură (The Desert in Literature).
Beshr Shbib is a Syrian poet and journalist based in Turkey. His poems and articles in Arabic have been featured in several notable periodicals. His debut poetry collection (in Arabic) was recently published by Matia Press.