Hind Jouda was born in Gaza in 1983, where she completed her studies in Educational Technology. She is a poet, and writer of stories and essays who has published two poetry collections, Always One Leaves (Mosaic, 2013) and No Sugar in the City (Khata, 2016; Al-Ahliyya, 2017). She has written award-winning documentary film scripts, such as Gaza the Orange (Golden Award at the Cairo Arab Youth Festival) and The Witness’s Sin, shown on the Al Jazeera Documentary Channel. She has also participated in writing plays such as ‘The Homeland Play’ and ‘Not by the Shoe’, and has written famous songs such as ‘O Passersby’ (2013) and ‘Raise Your Head’ with Mohammad Assaf (2014). She founded and edited the 28 Magazine for three years before transforming into a cultural salon in Rafah.