Mama Ganuush is a trans Palestinian performance artist, filmmaker, organizer, and activist whose work is a potent and unflinching expression of Palestinian futurism. Based between San Francisco and Lisbon, their performances are a powerful synthesis of Palestinian folk art and music, the elegance of Egyptian golden-era dance, and the raw, spontaneous energy of clown and theater.

They use their platform to manifest a future where Palestine is free, presenting Palestinians not as subjects of tragedy but as architects of freedom. Mama Ganuush is the founder of the Heritage Activists and Liberation Artists (HALA) Collective, a radically queer collaboration of artists dedicated to the liberation of Palestine and all people fighting colonialism. Through productions like PinkWash, Cabaret Palestina and Salon Hala, they curate explicitly anti-colonial spaces where art and community fortify one another.
Mama Ganuush is the founder of the JAHA Film Festival, an international festival showcasing trans, nonbinary, and intersex stories from the Global South, and the JAHA Gender and Trans School, which provides free education on trans identity.