Manar Alhinai is an award-winning writer, poet, and artist. Her creative world circles the same questions: identity, home, womanhood, and the ways we make sense of modern life.

Her work has appeared in Vogue, CNN, BBC, and National Geographic. Writing across journalism, essays, fiction, and poetry in both Arabic and English, she explores contemporary culture through a distinctly personal lens.

As an artist, she creates conceptual work rooted in language, translating words into visual form. 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.