Manar Alhinai is an award-winning writer, poet, and artist. Her work returns to the questions of home, womanhood, and belonging, exploring contemporary culture through a distinctly personal lens.

Her writing has appeared in Vogue, CNN, BBC, and National Geographic. She writes across journalism, essays, fiction, and poetry in both Arabic and English.

As an artist, her practice is rooted in language, transforming words into conceptual works that extend storytelling beyond the page. 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. Whether through words or visual art, she explores the narratives that shape how we live, remember, and belong.