Nujoom Alghanem, an Emirati artist, poet, and multi-award-winning film director, was born in Dubai in 1962. She has published eight poetry collections and produced approximately twenty films, including short fiction, short documentaries, art films, and seven feature-length documentaries, which have garnered local, regional, and international recognition. Nujoom is the founder of Nahar Productions, a film production company based in Dubai, and also works as a professional trainer and mentor in filmmaking, art, and creative writing. Her poems have been translated into various languages, such as Spanish, German, French, Turkish, Italian, Macedonian, Greek, and Urdu.