Manar Alhinai is an award-winning writer and storyteller whose work spans writing and art. Her creative world circles the same questions: culture, identity, home, and the ways we make sense of modern life.

Her writing has appeared in Vogue, CNN, BBC, and National Geographic. She writes about life, culture, and the forces that shape who we are becoming. In her fiction, written in both Arabic and English, themes of home, belonging, and identity are threads she returns to again and again.

As an artist, she creates conceptual pieces that explore these ideas visually. She is also the co-founder of Sekka and the Khaleeji Art Museum, platforms dedicated to amplifying Gulf voices through literature, art, and creative expression.

Storytelling sits at the centre of everything she does. Through words and art, she explores the narratives that shape how we live, remember, and belong.

Whether on the page or in visual form, her work is rooted in the same pursuit: stories that stay with us.