Listed in order of appearance.
Musician, composer, luthier, and a member —together with his brothers Samir and Adnan Joubran— of the Trio Joubran.
He is considered one of the great masters of the Arabic oud. Among other distinctions, he received the Muhr Arab Award for Best Composer at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2009 and 2011.
He has lived in Paris since 2005.
Jazz singer of Irish and Palestinian heritage, raised between Jordan and Cornwall.
She trained as a cellist at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. In 2019, she received the British Jazz Award for Best Vocalist. She is one of Europe’s most acclaimed jazz singers.
She has lived in Valencia since 2022.
Oud virtuoso, composer, musicologist, and educator. His career has developed along parallel academic and artistic paths: through an indepth study of classical Arab composers and artistic research practices, he has specialised in composing contemporary repertoire for the oud, which he performs both as solist and with various ensembles. He has lived in Utrecht since 2013.
Artist, actor, filmmaker and the founder of Majazz Project, a record label dedicated to reissuing albums and field recordings documenting Palestinian music from 1960 to 1990.
He trained at The Freedom Theatre in Jenin and at Arthaus (formerly LISPA), studying between London
and Berlin.
He has been based in London since 2011.
Musician, educator, and leading advocate for classical music in Palestine. He moved to Jenin in 1995 and is currently the director of Al Kamandjati School of Music in Ramallah, which combines Western classical music education with Palestinian, Arab, and Eastern traditions, providing access to music education for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is also a renowned oud performer and composer.
He lives in Ramallah.
Dancer, choreographer, and project coordinator at the Popular Art Centre in Ramallah. He studied at Birzeit University in Palestine and at the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands.
He joined the El-Funoun Dance Troupe, where he later served as artistic director, and is also the choreographer and trainer of the Friends Boys School Contemporary Dance Troupe in Ramallah.
He lives in Ramallah.
Dancer, social activist, and cultural practitioner. She served as director of the Popular Art Centre in Ramallah until 2025 andis a co-founder of the Palestinian Performing Arts Network.
She has extensive experience in cultural and social projects exploring the role of civil society in art and culture.
She lives in Ramallah.
Rapper and cultural facilitator. Born in a refugee camp in Lebanon, his family settled in Gaza in 1997. In 2003, he cofounded the Palestinian Rapperz (PR) group.
He was director of the Delia Arts Foundation —destroyed in a bombing in 2024—, a project dedicated to nurturing and supporting local musical talent. In 2025, he managed to leave Gaza with part of his family.
He has lived in France ever since.
Actor and served as artistic director of The Freedom Theatre from 2019 to 2024.
Nine years after its premiere, his autobiographical production And Here I Am — which recounts his own life experience— has become the most internationally performed Palestinian production in history. He lives in Jenin.
Playwright, set designer, and educator. Her family moved to Italy in 2004, where she studied at the Fine Arts Academies of Urbino and Bologna. She works as a playwright and screenwriter with several theatres, including the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and organises poetry readings and artistic events aimed at raising awareness about the situation in Gaza.
She lives in Pesaro.
