Shams Hanieh is a Palestinian-Algerian writer and researcher. She holds an Msc in Development Management from the London School of Economics, and her work has been published in GQ Middle East, Trippin' World, and AZEEMA, among others. She currently works in sexual health advocacy, and her writing and research interests include, but are not limited to, Arabic hip-hop and experimental music, visual art, Palestinian women's resistance, and informal solidarity mechanisms.