Hanan Issa is a Welsh-Iraqi writer who explores narrative history and the ways we connect in her writing. She has collaborated with platforms including BBC Wales, Film4, Bush Theatre, Hay Festival, National Museum Wales, Artes Mundi, StAnza festival, Lumin Journal and Literature Wales. She is the co-founder of the Where I’m Coming From open mic and her debut poetry pamphlet My Body Can House Two Hearts (2019) is published by Burning Eye Books.