Maha Sidaoui

Maha Sidaoui is a Lebanese-Australian writer who mines her cultural confusion, sexuality and poor life choices for stories, because why waste a good identity crisis? Her screenplay One Arabian Girl picked up a few awards before she decided to turn it into a manuscript, which now haunts her like an unused twelve month gym membership. Her short stories have shown up in places like Hardie Grant anthologies and the Memoria Podcast. She writes about belonging, not belonging, and all the deeply uncomfortable moments that come with pretending you do.

• Website mahasidaoui.com