Hanna Ali is a Writer, Poet, Project Lead, Frequent Panellist and Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London where she specialises in Afro-Arab identity. Hanna is a former Radio Presenter and was listed as number 4 in Buzz Feed’s “21 Black British Muslims You Should Know About” and was a part of ‘Trailblazing Muslim Women 2018. She is the Project Lead for Somali Week Festival 2018, which is a 10-day London based festival during London’s Black History Month. Hanna has additionally created and delivered Arts and Cultural events for both London Tower Hamlets Council and London City Hall. Her collection of Short Stories titled The Story of Us was published in October 2017 and can be purchased at marketfiftyfour.com and can be found on hannaali.com